And his stated purpose was to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. So going into the cities isn’t a big part of that.
In any case, the spring thaw is not as big of a deal as you say.
In 2014 Kiev launched the attacks on Donbass and Lugansk through April, May, and on through the summer.
Hitler’s Germany launched their attack on June 22nd.
The “general mud” theory is severely overstated.
Why do you always omit the Russian attacks against the Ukraine in the Donbass regions during 2014 and 2015?