Russian campaign failures stem from political errors

Russia has not yet achieved its main aim of capturing Kyiv and replacing the government and is redefining its objectives

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  • Mixed situation on the ground
  • Planning and coordination
  • Outside the plan
  • Logistics: too little, too late
  • Morale: not as expected
  • Airpower: largely absent
  • Politics distort military planning
  • Early blunders have lasting effects

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