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[But, if you believe these numbers, then you believe the Russians in the same region have lost more troops to the Ukrainian military than the Soviets did to a much more formidable German military WWII. I certainly don’t believe that.]

You must be misinformed. The Russians lost millions of troops in the region, or almost 200,000 a month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the_Soviet_Union#Military_losses

For them, 15,000 dead would have been a blessing. During WWII, they fought hard, after some initial stumbles, because the Nazis wanted them killed to the last man, woman and child, and repopulate their territory with Germans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Plan

No such reason exists in Ukraine for any Russian to risk life and limb. While many would have no issues with Putin becoming Vladimir the Greater on the strength of an easy victory, risking his own life to make Putin famous is probably not on any Russian’s bucket list.

Alex Christoforou at about the nine minute mark of this video breaks down how ridiculous the NATO numbers are and amount to the Ukrainian military killing a higher percentage of Russians in 28 days than the Nazi military did in 41 days in the same area in WWII:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWSdfUb7omQ

https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/03/i-

That bears repeating. Russians will eventually fight like tigers if they are fighting in Mother Russia to repel an invader; and, at that, they are slow to come around. As invaders, they generally suck (think of the Winter War against Finland).

One thing Russia did early on in Barbarossa was to remove its industry east, mostly beyond the Urals. That was a very, very smart move, and it was accomplished admirably.