74% of Ukrainians support fighting Russia even without U.S. assistance. A significant majority—59% of respondents—also believe that Ukraine can defeat Russia on the battlefield
only 6% of respondents said they were willing to make territorial concessions regarding areas occupied by Russia after the full-scale invasion in 2022
Additionally, 70% of respondents are against lowering the mobilization age,
Original article is paywalled, quotes from https://ukrainetoday.org/74-of-ukrainians-ready-to-resist-russia-without-u-s-aid-support-zelenskyys-actions/
Ukraine wouldn’t of lasted more than a few days if they didn’t have help. If Russia wanted to wipe Ukraine off the map they could. However, I think they are avoiding a full fledged war which would involve a full draft. It takes a serious amount of resources to go to that level. Ukraine is well armed thanks to the west and it would be even more of a blood bath.
It would involve mass murder which would look even worse for Russia