Russia has bungled nearly every aspect of their decision to go to war. The degree to which military decision making has been conducted on wishful thinking and faulty assumptions has been mindblowing. For all the stupidity of our g@y politicians, I'm convinced Putin and the Russian General Staff are worse. For one, launching a campaign i February was re ed since it ensures Russia's manpower superiority is now irrelevant since the terrain is sh!tty this time of year which constrains them to highways and prioritizing urban targets (bloody, grueling urban combat).
Their operational objectives are also questionable. Seizing Lughansk and Donetsk would have been strategically plausible and easy to execute given local sympathies for Russia and would have put further pressure on Ukraine/The West. Attacking Kiev and Western Ukraine was foolish since they are centers of anti-Russian sentiment while their claim of being liberators would have been greeted well in Donetsk. But in Kiev you are assured of fierce resistance

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