pcr has some thoughts about how russia is conducting the ukraine war;

The Kremlin Is Coming Around to My Point of View

Paul Craig Roberts

The Kremlin’s go slow limited operation has provided the time Washington needed to widen the war. President Putin said this month at the 10th Moscow Conference on International Security that “The situation in Ukraine shows that the United States is attempting to draw out this conflict.” https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2022/08/22/putins-take-on-washington-and-the-puppet-states-that-compose-the-western-world/

Russia’s deputy foreign minister said the limited operation has widened to the point that Washington is on the verge of directly joining the Ukrainian conflict.
https://www.rt.com/news/561162-us-ukraine-party-conflict/

In actual fact, Washington is already an active participant. Washington is providing Ukraine with long range weapons and targeting assistance that can be used to attack Crimea. https://www.rt.com/news/561242-us-excalibur-missiles-ukraine/ Consequently, the war is now widening into Russia herself. Under Washington’s tutelage Ukraine is now attacking Russian territory. This makes the Kremlin look weak and unable to defend its own territory. How long can Russia tolerate this before the Kremlin realizes that its limited objective was a pipe dream and that the Kremlin has no alternative to taking out Kiev and the Zelensky puppet government and closing down Ukraine? https://southfront.org/crimea-in-the-sights/ ......more.......