It is amazing how you have seen right through
Of course, US allies are enemies, Putin is a communist fighting capitalism and the US army, government, intelligence agencies and everyone there does not realize any of it. Is BADeker passing you some of his medicines? Be aware that they are from Mexico and not DFA approved... effects like paranoia are common if you take them.
What you quote there is something easy to see. RF did not want (still does not) to conquer all Ukraine because that would be untenable. They want a version of Lukashenko sitting in Kiev and two statelets in the Donbas.
They failed to sit a pro-RF dictator - at the cost of many veteran's lives - in the battle of Kiev. They are now going for a land bridge to Crimea and two statelets. After the hopless offensive actions an Ukrainian counter-attack is scheduled and being prepared (that is what MBT are for, clear for anyone who wants to see, if not they would be requesting artillery, not tanks, 30MM motorized, planes and helicopters). This will determine how much of a disaster this war becomes for the RF.
RF submarines have been at sea carrying nuclear capable weapons since they had them.
I am just going to let my imagination fly for a moment...
- From the manuals of RF military doctrine: frontline depth 1km, second line 5 to 10 km after, divisional reserves at 30 km.
- HIMARS range roughly 80km. This means that divisional reserves, communications with the front and anything else is in range.
2 tank brigades, 4 motorised infantry brigades, artillery support and HIMARS. Start with command centres, hit the artillery positions in the 30km range, launch armoured attack. You can blitz past the divisional reserves in two days.
If I were a RF soldier and knowing the slooooowwww decision making process and "aptitudes" of the generals I would be seriously scared. The front length allows for the strike to happen pretty much anywhere with just two to three days of warning signs.