Since you are responding to something written two years ago….I would agree with you now. I have been surprised at how poorly the Russians have performed.
At the time (2022) I thought the end result would be like an underdog in a baseball game taking it into extra innings—but losing in the end.
I never thought “the game” would last this long.
Exactly and it proves Sun-Tzu right: a long war benefits no-one, not the loser and not the winner