The forces amassing over there are getting ridiculous. Is this just sabre rattling by Russia or are they going to pull the trigger?
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44245/fully-armed-grim-reaper-f-15-eagles-deploy-to-poland-in-response-to-russian-military-build-up
They kinda remind me of Robotech.
The only real things that I see as going "right" for Ukraine is the early intel/ISR support from the west and the weapons pipeline getting into place prior to hostilities. The ISR support is probably the biggest game changer and advantage that they had going into this. I don't see where anything special went right for the UA on the tactical/operational side so much as their successes and tactics were just the net result of everything bad the RA did.
Their overall operational plan. = Too m