It was the CIA/ IC that was telling us it would be a Russian cakewalk. All I now is that Russia is still in Ukraine, still fighting, and not begging for foreign aid.
Yep, when you distill it down to the facts and remove the media noise, that's where you end up.
Still fighting does not mean things have gone well.
The Germans were “still fighting” to take Stalingrad right up to the moment Operation Uranus started. And the Germans, unlike the Soviets, were not begging for aid either.
Where this will go is anyones guess.