[OKSooner]

IOW the Russians are playing textbook defense and have baited the Ukrainians into a battle of attrition against their defensive positions in depth.

Even someone who's never served a day in uniform understands that.

[Pete Dovgan]

“IOW the Russians are playing textbook defense and have baited the Ukrainians into a battle of attrition against their defensive positions in depth.
Even someone who’s never served a day in uniform understands that.”

I see this war as so different, from a tactical and equipment point of view, that I don’t see your ‘textbook defense’ as realistic. The Russian Federation is loosing more men and equipment in defense than Ukraine is loosing in offensive operations. That by itself suggests a alteration of the expected.