Russians try to cover-up their Ukraine failures

 Just the News:

The U.S. intelligence community has gone into "overdrive" working to decode signals that simultaneously underscore and contradict claims from Moscow that leader Vladimir Putin's forces have achieved their goal in Ukraine and shifted focus to the country's eastern Donbas region, sources tell Just the News.

"Putin has not been afraid to say one thing and do the opposite," one Pentagon analyst said. "He's sending a lot of messages at the moment, and we are in overdrive gaming out what they mean."

The analyst is a Russia specialist and spoke on the condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.

Most recently, the Kremlin has said that the month-long invasion has met its aims of demilitarizing Ukraine and will now shift tactics toward securing Donbas.

Western observers have questioned the claim, suggesting that it might be a diversion from Russia's military failure, which includes underestimating Ukraine's fierce opposition.
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It should not be that hard to figure out what happened.  You start with Putin's stated objectives and see, not only has he not achieved them, but that his forces have been an embarrassment.  They are that bad.