Oh, how funny!
Get real. Putin is not fighting the Ukes; he is fighting the whole of US/NATO. You should know that.
So here we have, according to the US media, a third-world country that is in massive decline from economic sanctions and that is now in control of 20% of the former Uke territory. Plus, they have just captured the regional city of Bakmut (along with a few others) with a rag-tag bunch of former prisoners and malcontents.
Doesn't it somehow remind you of all the massive successes from the past, like Vietnam, Afghanistan, Syria, etc?
That's good. Real good.