How Russia's Plans for Conquest Went Sideways

The war in Ukraine is not going Russia’s way. 

That is not to say the Ukrainians are winning (they aren’t), nor is it to say Russian defeat is inevitable (it isn’t). But by any objective measure, the war in Ukraine is going worse for the Russians and better for the Ukrainians. According to purportedly captured plans, what was intended to be a 15-day blitz to seize control of Ukraine has turned into an uncoordinated and stalled series of unsustainable losses, both in equipment and personnel, and a directionless strategy without a readily apparent or achievable end state.

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