The main reason for the Russian failure so far in Ukraine is bad equipment, green unmotivated conscripts, and a hideous logistical operation. But, that may not last forever.

FNC: “The Russian effort to invade Ukraine appears to have been underfunded and under-equipped to handle the swift takeover that Russian President Vladimir Putin was hoping for.

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Russia is ‘increasingly frustrated’ by the lack of momentum in the invasion, particularly in the north of the country, a U.S. official said Saturday. Despite the months of planning and preparation, Russia has yet to achieve air superiority, and Ukraine retains command and control.

And a senior U.S. defense official told Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin that the Russian military is not moving or fighting at night: Most movement starts just before dawn and occurs during the day because they don’t have night vision and are not trained in night vision, which contributed to slower than expected progress.

Several days before the invasion, Russian women began posting on social media that their sons, completing mandatory military service in the Russian army, had been sent to the Ukrainian border and, subsequently, had gone silent.

The Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that Russian troops stopped in Konotop to search for food and fuel after heavy fighting Friday night. The statement advised that locals could supply fuel and sugar but did not provide specific recommendations.” Senator Murphy comments.

Just leaving classified briefing on Ukraine crisis. A few takeaways that I can share:

1/ Confirmation that the Russians have fallen behind their timeline. Ukrainian resistance has been fierce and there have been multiple Russian equipment and logistics failures.

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 1, 2022

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Our Man in Riga: “A lot of Russian equipment has been replaced, guts taken out…People around here seem to think that their problem has been 1) running a war on the cheap (don’t give out night vision & body armor) and 2) continued use of conscripts.”

From Radio Free Europe: “Destroyed Russian military equipment and burned-out vehicles were seen smoldering on the streets of Kyiv on February 26 as Russian forces continued their attack on the Ukrainian capital.”

And national security analyst Mason Clark ventures, “So, the short answer is that actually a lot of their equipment has not changed. A lot of the Russian and Ukrainian forces are still fighting with roughly on-par equipment with each other. There’s some Russian units that have better equipment, newer tanks, that sort of thing. But on the whole, much of it due to just the sheer cost of replacing Russia’s old inventory of equipment and weaponry and munitions, even, means that they’re not that much different materially than they would have been in the beginning of the war in 2014.”