Russia tried to execute on their normal "Deep Battle" doctrine where they attack from multiple fronts simultaneously and culminate towards the same point. The

Russia tried to execute on their normal "Deep Battle" doctrine where they attack from multiple fronts simultaneously and culminate towards the same point. The problem was execution. Military analysts expected exactly that, but Russia failed in operations. See here on March 4th when it started becoming clear the operation was botched [1]: "They [Russia] have also continued conducting operations in southern Ukraine along three diverging axes rather than concentrating on one or attempting mutually supporting efforts. These failures of basic operational art—long a strong suit of the Soviet military and heavily studied at Russian military academies—remain inexplicable as does the Russian military’s failure to gain air superiority or at least to ground the Ukrainian Air Force." [1] https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-update-14 https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-confli...