It seems that Russia is using US/NATO tactics and strategy on the US and NATO in Ukraine, the US shouldn't have given them the idea.
Russia has started using proxies in selected areas, and has been targeting western proxies for a while, now.
Look for more proxies on the battlefield and the negative effects of that.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
As evidence shows over the past 2.5 years, Russia pretty much can't
There was talk of 300K troops in December 2022 - didn't happen.
Then a surge in 2023 - didn't happen
and then in 2024 - again, didn't happen
Now Russia is importing Nork troops
The conclusion is that Russia does not have the manpower to send in more troops
The PEAK that Russia occupied of Ukraine was way back in March 2022 when that was 27% of Ukraine (63,000 sq miles)
Since that peak, Russia has lost 54% of the territory it grabbed in the first two months of the war