Russia thought they could take Kyiv in less than a week. If you're judging this war by their own goals, then they absolutely failed. A long protracted war comp

Russia thought they could take Kyiv in less than a week. If you're judging this war by their own goals, then they absolutely failed. A long protracted war complete with the destruction of their strategic airforce and Black Sea Fleet was not something they would have even conceived of being the outcome back in January 2022. That doesn't mean Ukraine "won". But barring any kind of black swan event in their favor, Russia definitely "lost".