The difference is, Russia is fighting for it's survival. While Ukraine is fighting a NATO proxy war. Because if the Ukrainian government had any survival or self preservation instincts whatsoever, they would have certainly not gone along with NATO's sabotage of the March/April 2022 negotiations, and most certainly wouldn't have banned themselves from negotiating with Russia later that same year.
Fact is, Ukraine is nothing but a name at this stage. No economy, no sovereignty. Ukrainian government lost it's decision-making abilities years ago (even before Zelensky the clown). Ukraine It's a puppet state.
Oh, an even better analogy.
Ukraine is boxing glove. NATO is a fist. Russia is a wall. Even if it's a plaster-board wall, and it's taking some damage - nothing beyond repair. In the meantime, that boxing glove is getting irreparable damage. Once that damage goes beyond a certain threshold, the glove will be chucked away.
