Why Russia Fights Wars of Attrition — And Why the West Keeps Misreading It | Psychology & History скачать в хорошем качестве

Why Russia Fights Wars of Attrition — And Why the West Keeps Misreading It | Psychology & History

Most analysis of the Ukraine war focuses on weapons, territory, and tactics. This video starts somewhere else: psychology. Wars are not only fought with tanks and artillery. They are fought with expectations — about pain, time, loss, and how long a society believes it can endure before the cost becomes unacceptable. Russia’s history, culture, and national memory are built around endurance. Not fast victories. Not clean endings. But survival through long, grinding hardship. From sieges to total wars, Russian strategy repeatedly turns conflict into an accounting problem: who can replace losses, sustain pressure, and keep going when the war stops being dramatic. This is why wars of attrition are not an accident for Russia — they are a comfort zone. Ukraine’s endurance is real and historic, rooted in defense of home, land, and identity. But its historical temperament, geography, and cultural rhythms differ from Russia’s imperial endurance model. When war becomes a prolonged grind rather than a decisive maneuver, these differences matter. This video explores: • Why Russia repeatedly chooses attrition over decisive maneuvers • How national psychology shapes military strategy • Why Western observers often misread chaos as collapse • How endurance itself becomes a weapon • Why waiting for a “clean ending” may be the most dangerous assumption This is not a moral defense of war. Invasion is wrong. But misunderstanding how an opponent thinks — especially what they believe they can endure — is how conflicts spiral longer and cost more than expected. If you want to understand this war beyond headlines and daily maps, you need to understand the psychological terrain beneath it. Music licensed from Epidemic Sound © Epidemic Sound