Which side of this war has been unable to make any significant territorial gains in the last 3 years, engages in disastrous WWI era infantry assaults, and is increasingly relying on poorly trained foreigners, including Indians and Africans?

Hint: it ain't the Ukrainians.

Maybe "failures" mean something different to the Sputnik readers.

It's a projection of Putin's distraction war to divert attention from failing country.