"Putin still believes that time is on his side. If he can’t win on the battlefield, he will wait for the democratic world to splinter, and he will encourage that splintering. He will wait for the Ukrainians to grow tired, and he will try to make that happen too. He will wait for Donald Trump to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election, and he will do anything he can to help that happen too."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/us-ukraine-support-putin-defeat/675953/