Russia has been in a steady decline since the fall of the Soviet Union, They are resting on their Nuclear laurels… There conventional forces are obviously not what they want the world to believe. What I dont understand, where is the Russian Air Force? You would think the Air Force would be mopping up. If the Ukrainians can keep the Russian Air Force at bay, imagine what a formable opponent could do. I just dont buy the idea the Russians are sandbagging. They are just taking too many losses for to long to be holding back.