So your contention is the Russians fought for months and suffered significant losses (they admit this) to take territory that they planned to give up while taking significant losses, so they could regroup with more men and equipment and retake the same territory they all ready fought for while incurring still more losses? That’s what you believe? That makes sense to you?
Nice scarecrow...are you a fiction writer or is that your formal training kicking in?
Russia has not admitted taking significant losses at any point of their SMO. In fact, the most recent statement from the Russian MoD put overall losses at ~6,000 (which includes DPR/LPR forces who have been formally incorporated in RUAF, but apparently not Wagners).
Now I suppose we'll have to unpack what you mean by "significant" to determine out how far your stretching the truth to fit your agenda.