Yeah ok this is bullshit, it's cope for the Russians that isn't actually necessary, but all strategic and tactical takes in this thread are including mine
In 6 days the Rooski military has advanced in the north and east (along narrow fronts) about the same distance deep into as US did in the first week of invading Iraq and also about the same distance in the south (on a broader front, but the south isn't defended by anywhere near as much Ukrainian soldiers and stuff as Kiev and Kharkov)
The US and Russian advances were both deliberately not as fast as hard as they could have been, for two different reasons. The US did not have a northern front because Turkey wouldn't allow us to use their land as an invasion launch pad. So we deliberately advanced a little slower from Kuwait. Russia wanted to try to decapitate Ukrainian military and government and see if the rest would surrender. They didn't. In week two the US was outpacing its supply lines and had to hold up for almost a week around Najaf to fix the supply problems. If the war is still happening in Ukraine in a week Russia will probably be in a similar situation, needing a pause because the front is advancing too fast for the current supply system
Once the generals decided time to pick things up advances went rather quickly both for the US in Iraq and now for Russia in Ukraine