There are serious observers who are starting to wonder how long significant elements of the Russian Army can take the current loss rate plus the deprivations caused by woeful logistics before a full collapse begins. The desertion rate must be phenomenal. So much of the equipment seen has simply been abandoned. Communications are at best primitive, which means high command doesn’t even really have an accurate sense of what is going on. Outright defeat still seems farfetched, but stalemate is a disaster for the Russians.
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Have a look at Anton’s thread. He is knowledgeable.
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“Has been”
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Pro Kremlin Gleb in Canada with Russian claims of Ukrainian losses:
https://twitter.com/gbazov/status/1504128706159296515
Taking a war break. May Russian losses increase and demands decrease while I am away.
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I’m totally illiterate in everything related to war tactics, so I’ll take what you say. Hopefully you’re right. 
The loss in human lives and infrastructure though… horrible isn’t it…
One thing I wonder though: are Russia currently going full throttle in terms of what they are able to do in terms of shelling and bombardment (excluding nukes of course), or do you think that they still use a form of restraint?
I don’t see a great deal of restraint, and the shifting composition of the weapons they are using suggests they are simply running out of some of their missile types while struggling to get artillery ammunition to forward units. The ratio of air strikes has been increasing for a week now, although they still appear to have minimal capability to coordinate airpower with ground observation.
Oh I see now! I thought it was Russia who attacked Ukraine, but it was actually Ukraine who brought all this on themselves. Thanks for explaining that Vladimir.
It is interesting how these pro-Russian sources really cannot restrain themselves from simply being trolls - and have no explanation whatsoever for shifting Russian positions in the face of adversity.
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