The collapse of the 1st Guards Tank Army, in their chaotic retreat from Kharkiv Oblast, was the worst Russian military defeat since WWII.
The total losses in Ukraine since 2022, are by far Russia’s biggest military losses since WWII.
You can’t have it any other way, they are simply facts.
Putin did that.
Yes, the first attack failed, so they changed the strategy. Now it’s an attritional battle that they are more likely to prevail in than Ukraine. I’m not denying they’re taking big losses. It seems that they’re willing to risk it as they haven’t withdrawn or asked for a ceasefire. There’s no way for Ukraine to win that kind of war unless NATO (meaning the USA) intervenes.