Ukraine has access to western intelligence (satellites and telecommunications at least) and weaponry. I think a key takeaway, at least for the general public,

Ukraine has access to western intelligence (satellites and telecommunications at least) and weaponry. I think a key takeaway, at least for the general public, is that the Russian military is actually weak and obsolete against Western weaponry and that the Russian economy cannot produce missiles, etc. Ukraine is of similar size and population compared to Iraq. The US could almost literally level Iraq with missiles and air power before even moving ground troops. This hasn't happened in Ukraine, not even close because Russia cannot do that. They rely on "good old" artillery shells only pretty much in the same way as over the last 80 years, and they were apparently even short of those (asked North Korea for supply).