I've heard no one, yet, consider that maybe Russia wanted to get crushed on its first pass. If we think of it from a psy ops perspective, they said they were go

I've heard no one, yet, consider that maybe Russia wanted to get crushed on its first pass. If we think of it from a psy ops perspective, they said they were going in to support the independence of the people is certain regions. They can now spin their domestic propaganda that they went in as peace keepers but we're surprise attacked and murdered trying to keep the peace. Then use that as justification for overt total war. Or not.