To be honest, this about the only time I have ever outright agreed with your complete sentiment.
This is Russian propaganda, but because of the all the Rothchild references, I suspect it was originally written for EU member countries.
The Russians changed their fighting style to a propaganda based system so they would face less resistance and possibly gain support prior to an invasion.
From a friend whom I almost never agree with because he is way too deep into leftfield:
Here’s a good, detailed story on why Russia is failing, from The Guardian:
https://is.gd/CLXeNQ
In short, Putin has poured in billions to reform and modernize the Russian
armed forces since 2008 with an emphasis not not sheer brute force, but by
utilizing propaganda campaigns to first, get the enemy to be divided and weakn
itself (coughstolen electioncoughfake newscough) and then to use force
only against military and government targets to show that it has more care for
the citizens than their own government does. Given the choice between the two,
the gamble is that citizens who opt for peace with the enemy rather than
continued divisiveness lead by various political factions that are viewed as
inept and responsible for this whole invasion business.
Ukraine was attacked at a time where it was thought they were at their weakest.
Tensions between Ukraine and the revels in Donetsk and Luhansk had reached
critical levels, and Ukraine began to step up military attacks on rebels, and
thus the rebels drawing much sympathy from people in those regions as well as
abroad. Those attacks were being lead by a division in the miitary with an
established history of neo-Nazi white nationalism. President Zelensky has been
viewed, even by his own supporters, as being ineffective in bringing about
reforms. As he’s a political novice, it was seen that he didn’t have the skill
to bring together various politicans and their supporters and couldn’t be
relied on an a leader.
Likewise, NATO did not appear to be very cohesive, thanks in part to the
actions of Donald Trump. Had Trump won a second term, it’s believed by
Alexander Vindmann, he would have withdrawn the US from NATO. The European
Union itself, coming off of the disaster of Brexit, was less stable than ever.
And they’ve never engaged, as a party, in a joint exercise of their combined
military powers. And with Russia having a permanent seat on the UN Security
Council, it effectively had a thumb on controlling any UN response, or at
least making it neutral in the conflict.
While Putin has the last one correct (so far), it seems like everything else
was very, very, very badly miscalculated. Or, just perhaps, Putin’s attack
made everybody else realize just how lax they’ve been, and were able to
find the fortitude to pull it back together quickly.
