That’s my thought as well. I don’t think Russia wanted to fight a gorilla war in Kiev. I think they wanted to divide Ukrainian forces and inflict as many casualties as possible on the defenders. It’s hard to judge the conflict with the one sided coverage we get. I guess we will know more in the next week or two.
The coverage is indeed hard to follow. There is in fact a lot of pure propaganda and it is seems necessary to get more than report
I don’t watch any American news. I have been watching You Tube Videos presented by what seem to be independent French and German sources.
I have about three sources I watch every day with 10 minutes or so each. It’s the best I can do