So, big advance of LNR and DNR forces today. Dozens of settlements were freed most of them without a fight, some UKR equipment abandoned (maybe they do not have fuel what you think?) or destroyed. Situation around Mariupol is still confusing for me.
Maybe i didn't express well, as the war started they couldn't just bomb them US did, they had to rush in.
I didn't write that help that UKR received was a surprise for Russians, quite the contrary that was one of the reasons why they had to start. House wasn't on fire, but weapons were coming in huge quantities and they couldn't just watch (not just help but also Ukr internal production and repair in last years).
I don't know about occupation, maybe they will be smarter. They have had no problems in Crimea for the last 8 years they didn't lose a man there.