If it’s part of some master plan it’s not exactly brilliant. We are talking about primitive WW2 style doctrine here, which is completely unsuitable for this typ

If it’s part of some master plan it’s not exactly brilliant. We are talking about primitive WW2 style doctrine here, which is completely unsuitable for this type of aggressive war and current Russian demographics. The simplest explanation (occam’s razor) is that the Russian army is not as good as many thought.