Russian GDP/capita is still well under half of USA's and probably quite a bit under, and that's before the sanctions. On that basis alone they should be well short of matching the US in quality or quantity. But they have the nuclear which levels things up somewhat and their lack of capability in conventional fighting only increases the chance of WMD's being used when Russia's back is to the wall.
In Ukraine, they might be hopeless at hand to hand but they can make the cities uninhabitable with bombs, shelling and missiles. I doubt if that was in the plan but it will probably come before retreat in the list of alternatives.
Even if the US or NATO had the will to destroy the bogged down armoured column/evict the Russian forces it's an unacceptably high risk strategy. Ukraine looks doomed unless a certain president becomes incapacitated.
Even a hint of NATO getting involved in military action could mean a nuke on the Dogger Bank.
There must be a lot of war gaming going on. Is Putin rationally appearing irrational, or is he just irrational?
Ukraine of course had had some nukes before sending them to Russia in exchange for a non-aggression pledge.
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