I believe it is ridiculous to make such a statement after two months.

We don't know what Russia's goals were in starting this war. We have Russian words, but anyone who takes Putin's words as the whole truth is a moron. Equally moronic is to take what the US says are Russia's goals.

I can easily believe that Russia's goals were to secure the freshwater source for Crimea (smartly blocked by Ukraine since 2014), secure the Donbas, and create a land bridge to the Donbas (de-Nazifying Mariupol on the way).

Iraq in 2000 was a third smaller in population than Ukraine. 1/3 smaller in size. Military and civilians had been decimated by 10+ years of massive sanctions compared to Ukraine, which has been pumped full of $3+ billion of NATO weapons and training only since 2014.

With that starting point, it still took 8 years for the US to mostly win in Iraq. While creating ISIS along the way.** So to claim that Russia has "lost" after two months is just ludicrous.

** Similar to ISIS, I think Europe will be regretting supporting the massive influx of weapons into Ukraine since 2014 and particularly now when there is virtually no accountability for what happens to those weapons. Like the Taliban and then ISIS, the worst criminal elements in Ukraine are now armed with military-grade weapons. Those weapons will make their way to Western Europe soon enough, not to mention those criminals will dominate in Ukraine after the war.