It depends upon who you are listening to, eh? Mariupol is now a mop up. The East is a salient with several pincer options. Ukranian supply is nearly totally impaired. The ability of forces in the east to move any significant distance is significantly impaired. Ukranian forces in the west are all pinned because of the presence of garbage Russian forces (BMP 1's with rotten tires, etc.). Western media has equated slow and deliberate ground movement (consistent with Russian doctrine) as failure, when UT is not failure at all.
Slow and deliberate movement wasn’t Russian doctrine. Nor were Russian forces or equipment configured for that. Everything was about mobility and exploitation.