I’m late - is the 3th or 4th time for today the the Uks have defeated Russia? Usually we get at least 7 “this time for sure, really!” that the Ukes have demolished the Russian military per day.
I'm not sure I've seen a single article on FR claiming that Russia has been defeated. Literally not even one. So I'm pretty sure this isn't the 3rd of 4th time you've read that today. You're just reflexively ridiculing anything that the Russians aren't having a cakewalk through Ukraine.
It's reasonable not to accept every claim from either side as the gospel. But one thing that has seemed to be fairly accurate are Ukrainian claims that certain senior Russian officers have been killed, and I say that because they all seem to have been confirmed by the Russians as well.
A particular officer being relieved isn't quite the same thing, but I imagine the underlying sources -- intercepted radio communications -- are the same. So while you may be hoping very badly for this not to be true, I wouldn't bet on that.
The latest is the Russian army is surrounded outside of Kiev. 🙄