The Verdict is Unanimous: Russia got Knocked Around
All that is not well, does not end well
A poor start makes any recovery hard. Only people with talent, energy, and a desperate want to win overcome those odds. Sometimes, even that may not be enough to reach the finish line.
After being forced into a tiebreaker, the second seed lost to an unseeded player in the first round. Ukraine is ready for the second round. Russia, not so much.
Russia is digging trenches around Kyiv to support its defensive formations, bombing shelters in Mariupol to break the will of the people, and attacking Ukrainian supply lines near the Polish border because it is clueless about the next step.
The Russians, despite pressing close to three-quarters of their combat-ready force, estimated between 150,000 to 200,000 armed personnel, have switched from grinding Ukraine into submission to starving out cities.
The verdict is unanimous
Russians have spectacularly bombed the first round of their special military operation.
The campaign assessment done by the Institute For the Study of War was ominous. If Putin reads it, he is most probably going to deplete the remaining neurons left in his little brain.
- “Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial…
