They've used contracted military while limiting civilian casualties... Ofcourse they're not going to mow down Ukrainian soldiers hiding out in schools, civilian apartments, critical infrastructure. They lost some land to Ukraine but quickly adjusted and they took back some of it. 300,000 soldiers is only 1.1 % of Russias reserve of 25Million men.

They've used only 10% of their capability while limiting civilian casualties... Ofcourse they're not going to mow down Ukrainian soldiers hiding out in schools, civilian apartments, critical infrastructure. They lost some land to Ukraine but quickly adjusted and they took back some of it.