“Hardly borne out by said military’s performance. The Russians love to BS about their military might. Looks to me like they believed their own BS.”
The Western media is now running plenty of TRUTHFUL stories about how Ukraine is now doing, but I guess they haven’t made it yet to CNN.
I get my info from European sources, including on occasion both Ukrainian and Russian telegram channels. The US media are effectively worthless.
The fact is that Russia has gained at most a few kilometers at the cost of thousands of dead, far less than they gained from last summer's offensives. Meanwhile the Ukrainians are inching their way towards Kreminna on the far right of the Russian flank. Looks kinda like a stalemate to me.
You guys have been predicting Russian victory since the war started. It seems doubtful reality will reach you anytime soon.