If you study the basics of war fighting, you will understand that deception on the battlefield is important for success. I do not know how you have any inside information about what people in the Kremlin believed and were planning. I suspect you are parroting whatever NATO media told you.

The only thing the Russian military is superior in is numbers, and it's very clear that they care very little for the men who fight and die for their country, even less so than America discarding their veterans; at least America's army doesn't send them in to be actual cannon fodder.

No inside information is needed. It's entirely obvious and transparent what happened.

I suspect you are parroting whatever NATO media told you.

Yeah, yeah.