“I also thought...”
That is what you get from your peddler level of thinking.
That is what you get from making an ASSumption.
But this war/conflict exposing a lot about the US, UK, EU, and NATO: Russia is not Serbia, not Syria, not Libya, not Afghanistan, or is it Iraq.
The Russians wanted to demilitarize Ukraine, which they are doing quite effectively and got the added bonus of demilitarizing the US, UK/ EU, and NATO, as well.
“We have reached a point where the United States defense contractors can only produce 20,000 artillery shells in a month while Russia is firing that many in one day and is able to continue supplying its troops.”
‘THE WAR IN UKRAINE HAS EXPOSED THE WEAKNESS OF THE U.S. MILITARY’
https://sonar21.com/the-war-in-ukraine-has-exposed-the-weakness-of-the-u-s-military/
I am an engineer (ME) and engineering manager (ret) by training and profession.
I am pretty good at analysis and prediction in general.
I did get the Kherson case accurately, on the basis of logistics fundamentals. Granted quite a few others were saying the same.
I did also get that the anti-electric system campaign was going to be an extended effort that comes down to an engineering-logistic struggle. Granted I know a lot about electric utility systems.
And I did predict that Europe would be seeing a sufficiency, at least, of LNG this winter, as we see, and that comes from my industry knowledge.
You yourself have not shown an ounce of personal knowledge however.
So there you are.