You may not remember their sending troops into Chernobyl and their failed attempt to take Kiev. And them losing Kherson.
Wars are like that - parry, thrust, regroup and redeploy. Battles have troop movements and decisions both good and bad. You are intent on portraying the Ukraine losing this war as proof they are better than the Russians.
For their part, the Russians acknowledge the bravery of some of the Ukrainian troops. The Russians have lost many, just not the ridiculous number that the Ukrainians claim.
I could point out the failures of the Ukrainian army, but I thought losing the war was sufficient. Actually, it’s too often because they were untrained conscripts, very young or retirees, with little to no training in the weapons they were given, because most NATO’s best trained Ukrainian soldiers were killed early in the conflict.
Valor on both sides, skill on both sides. The Russians elected to use lesser trained militias for the grueling parts, and kept their army for strategic uses, later in the conflict.
It’s too complex - the troops rotating out with various skill levels, the Ukrainians conscripting young to old civilians etc.
Claiming the Ukrainians trained the Russians to be lethal is ridiculous and part of the ongoing Ukie propaganda effort. The Ukrainians suffered horrific losses early - but hey the truth doesn’t matter to those pushing Biden’s ‘narrative’.