You're forgetting that Putin attacked Ukraine in 2014 and the war was ongoing since then. This is just latest chapter of it - The reason why a lot of early defe

You're forgetting that Putin attacked Ukraine in 2014 and the war was ongoing since then. This is just latest chapter of it - The reason why a lot of early defense was purely on Territorial Defense Forces was due to mainline forces being locked on Donbas front since before 2021.