I'm surprised the Ukrainian leadership is not making a big publicity deal of this to wind up the Russians & make them make hasty unwise decisions

Can you just imagine - France holds De-Facto possession of Dorset, Hampshire, plus parts of Wiltshire & Sussex & we must agree to letting them keep this, plus giving them De-Jure ownership of the Isle of Wight

Sorry to bother you again on this, but I am genuinely fascinated by the global strategic perception that Russia is all-powerful, running rings around the West, but wholey incompetent/corrupt in waging a war against a lesser adversary - are there lessons from Vietnam/Afghanistan to be learned here?