Two different wars. You know nothing about these cultures or the behaviors prior to the wars.
Actually three. I was over there in those days.
Calling the Russian military inept is a joke.
They are simply being much kinder to Ukraine.
Putin has softened up.
Cakling the Russian Russian mili inept is apt.
They took years to pacify Chechnya, a tiny bit of land.
They have been continually pushed out of Ukraine by Ukrainians since end of march 2022.
They have shown that their logistics, planning and execution are heavily flawed to put it mildly