Of course it mostly ignores the tactical advances that Russia has made at it learns how to operate effectively in Ukraine against modern western systems. Arrogant folks in the west just sort of presumed that the Russians started off ignorant and incompetent and were too stupid to learn, preferring to die on the battlefield while sticking stubbornly to their way of doing things.
The Globohomo propaganda machine has also been making every Russian flag officer or colonel who dies into a “victory is right around the corner” story.
It’s only a US military tradition (and a recent one at that) that the perfumed princes have to be protected at all costs.
Generals and colonels in winning armies still say “follow me” instead of “I’m right behind you”.