Add to Daveinjax's excellent post that Russia gained some long overdue trigger time in the field.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Russia has gained everything here. America has done nothing but lose.
Russia is probably the most experienced military now in modern warfare. Their strategy, which has been described by the west as "slow, and plodding, full of missteps" is working as Russia is learning quickly from prior mistakes and adapting and reallocating resources. Their casualty rates have dropped dramatically while Ukraines is increasing quickly again. That has a lot of the real experienced military experts concerned in the west. The US and NATO are still stuck on the failed shock and awe warfare used in weak third world countries
Its fascinating how this war is being fought. older Artillery massive daily barrages combined with drones, satellites, air defense, very advanced hyper sonic missiles , slow old school cauldron encirclement, the ground and pound. Its difficult to find real information on this war because of social media control of information.
