https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/11/us/politics/russian-casualties-ukraine.html Heavy Losses Leave Russia Short of Its Goal, U.S. Officials Say The estimated deaths and injuries are stalling Russia’s progress in eastern Ukraine, military experts say, as fighting intensifies in the south. WASHINGTON — The staggeringly high rate of Russian casualties in Ukraine means that President Vladimir V. Putin may not be able to achieve one of his key war objectives: seizing the entire eastern region of the country this year, officials in the Biden administration and military experts say. With 500 Russian troops killed or wounded every day, according to the latest estimate by American intelligence and military officials, Russia’s war effort has decelerated to a grinding slog, the officials said.
It's nothing to celebrate if the cause is US gifted weapons, turnabout will be fair play the next time the US invades a country.
There's a lot to celebrate. Even Russian tourists came up, aaaall this way, to Crimea, to see the fireworks first hand.