"ichi. You think they'll 'go for broke' then? "
I don't think Ukraine has any choice: as long as Russia occupies even just a part of Ukraine it will seriously weaken the country economically - a so-called "land corridor" to Crimea and even beyond to Odesa, cutting if off from the sea and leaving it vulnerable to Russia's future "final solution". Not to mention the mass murders and deportations that would doubtless continue in the occupied areas.
Ukraine will try to defeat the Russian military but that will not happen unless it gets the right weapons. I despair when I hear commentators, military, etc, that heavier weaponry only risks "escalating the conflict"
By that they mean either that the war will spread or that Russia will use nuclear or biological weapons.
Some call it caution. I'd call it cowardice.