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Originally Posted by _Q_
Maybe, we're only seeing one side of things.
Maybe we're just eating up the Ukrainian propaganda, because it makes us feel better. Could it possibly be that while Russia may not be meeting expectations, they are doing much better than what is being portrayed?
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I don't know, they haven't taken any major cities and they've barely made any progress in the last week or so despite taking relatively heavy losses (even the most conservative estimates would have their rate of casualties being their highest since in any campaign since WWII).
If their goal is to take several months to take over the eastern half of the country while trashing the cities and losing tens of thousands of soldiers, then I guess they're on track. But I'm having trouble believing that that was how they thought it would play out. Maybe they'll pick up some steam and advance faster, but so far it hasn't been happening.