No no no. You don't get to turn this around. The British tabloids made all of the laughable BS claims I outlined above. NONE of them happened. If you find newspapers reporting that the Russians were going to win any day now feel free to point out how they are not credible but we are talking about the British tabloids and their pro Uke propaganda here.
The West has severely underestimated Putin's willingness to sacrifice his people and army. Most western analysts believe Russia has suffered 1 million casualties.
For Russia with the #2 military in the world, attacking a much smaller neighbor with no navy, and basically no airforce after 857 days, only able to make glacial advances, that is a disaster.
Russian equipment losses are staggering.