Why the Civilized World Fails to Understand the Kremlin's "Human-Wave Assaults"

Because of the fundamental differences in worldview and political culture, the EU and the US simply cannot imagine waging war the way the kremlin does. In Brussels and Washington, it is taken for granted that massive personnel losses should demoralize society and force any government to halt its actions. Yet the way the russian authorities treat their own people lies entirely outside the Western cultural frame, making their behavior difficult to understand — and even harder to predict.