Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html

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• Blunders
• Hubris
• Internal Rot
• Collapsing Front
• Divided Ranks
• Cannon Fodder
• the prized Mriya cargo jet
• in 2015
• one estimate
• said
• withdrew swiftly
• said
• muddled invasion
• overhauled the armed forces
• embroiled in a corruption scandal
• a unit that would defend Moscow
• tanks
• for vehicle batteries
• fraud around mobile kitchens
• charged with defrauding the state over radio gear
• sentenced to prison
• said
• resorted to crowdfunding
• wrote on Telegram in June
• said in May
• far to the south
• attacked the northeast
• said on Telegram
• the Middle East
• and Africa
• at other Russian prisons
• called for
• weighed in
• its very existence
• an Oct. 14 post on the page of his catering company on VK
• poisoning
• assassinating
• a statement
• interview with The Times
• to leave the country
• seized
• compared himself
• met with mothers of Russian soldiers
• his encounter
• demanded