The Russian-Ukrainian conflict entered its 40th day, and many people believe that the Performance of the Russian Army is extremely crotch-pulling, and it has not yet defeated the "small" Ukraine. However, compared with the previous wars waged by Western countries, we know how difficult the situation of the Russian army is today.
Ukraine is a "big country" with an area of more than 600,000 square kilometers (including Crimea) and a population of more than 40 million. In terms of territorial area alone, Ukraine is second only to Russia in Europe. Ukraine has reorganized its army with the help of NATO, with a total strength of at least 400,000 troops, including 150,000 active combat brigades, 511-class reserve mechanized brigades, 150,000 second-class reserve infantry brigades, and 50,000 National Guards. The long-standing confrontation in the Donbass region has given at least 200,000 Ukrainian soldiers actual combat experience.
Ukraine is a powerful, modern army and is also supported by NATO's intelligence system. The biggest weakness of the Ukrainian army is that the air force and navy are not good, but during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian army mainly relied on large cities to hold on, forcing the Russian army to give up its firepower superiority to fight in the streets, almost completely offsetting Russia's air and sea superiority.
Russia did not want to occupy Ukraine, the focus was on "de-Nazification", the "Azov battalion" entrenched in the city of Mariupol was completely scattered, and a small number of remnants tried to disguise themselves as civilians to escape, but most of them were captured by the Russian army.
Some people will say that Russia is simply unable to take Kiev, so Putin has given himself a step down to let the Russian army take the initiative to withdraw from Kiev. However, those who say this certainly do not understand Putin's past or the achievements of the Russian army.
The Russian army is the most experienced army in street fighting ever, not one of them! Don't forget that the Russians recently captured the city of Mariupol through street fighting. And with the cooperation of Chechen special forces, Russia will never be afraid of street fighting!