I'm going to start glowposting about Zelensky at this rate.
Zelensky is just a corrupt Eastern European leader, not fucking Captain America. Stop.
They're all corrupt, period.
But Russia attacked Ukraine, not the other way around. My sympathies lie with Ukraine for that reason. Have donated to help Ukrainian children affected by this war.
Observations. Fighting in Syria is rather different from fighting somewhere like Ukraine. The invasion should have been planned as a quick, hard, combined-arms strike from the get-go. Russia should have had air supremacy within hours, no matter what level of resistance Ukraine put up. Instead, like just about all the rest of this operation, the Russians have been tentative at best, clueless at worst. Just now are the Russians moving to a more active mode. Can the Russians win? Yes, if by no other means than brute force, just like against the Finns in 1940, the Hungarians in 1956, and the Czechs in 1968.
The initial stages of the Russian invasion of Ukraine show either inherently poor General Staff-level planning, coordination, and execution, and/or at the operational level inherently poor ability to understand the plans provided them, devise effective operational orders, coordinate with supporting organizations, such as logistics, and execute these orders. Rest assured intelligence agencies all over, as well as many General Staffs, are watching what's going on, scrutinizing Russian actions and fuckups, writing up lessons learned, and getting those lessons learned out to all levels. Are the Russians doing the same? Got me. Surely the Russian General Staff is smarter and more professional that what we're seeing. I just know what we would do and very likely are doing.
On the Ukrainian side, there appears to have been some degree of planning for an invasion, knowing the actual time/place of the attack lies with the enemy. Keep in mind Ukraine has only a small fraction of the resources available to Russia. They're doing the best they can with what they have. Same cannot be said for Russia.
To fail to plan is to plan to fail. Bad enough in a command post/field exercise, inexcusable when lives are being put in harm's way. Once again, some dumb fucks in Moscow sit in their offices and drink tea/coffee/vodka while troops in the field run out of supplies or get blown up by flying drones. Not saying US planning is always perfect. Sure isn't. But a great deal of effort is put into planning and coordination, from personal experience.
Seriously, Vlad, your shit gets weaker every day. Declare victory and go home.