I think you can explain Russia's poor performance somewhat from Clausewitzian principles: "primordial violence, hatred, and enmity" - weren't really there - mo

I think you can explain Russia's poor performance somewhat from Clausewitzian principles: "primordial violence, hatred, and enmity" - weren't really there - most Russians viewed Ukrainians as their brethren. "Chance and Probability" - the Russians have proved pretty inflexible. I mean after they failed to take Kyiv in three days they could have gone home and saved a lot of bother, maybe keeping some lands in the south. "Reason and Policy" - didn't make much sense. Few Russians wanted to go to war so Putin could lord it over the Ukrainians as well as the Russians. This looks more like a political move by Putin to keep power. If Russia had actually had a clear objective to annex Ukraine they could have mobilised and knocked them out in no time but instead we have a mess and kind of stalemate which to me seems to be moving in Ukraine's favour as they can now hit most targets inside Russia.