It must also be deeply troubling for him that his much-hyped conventional forces, in which he has invested so much and placed so much faith, have turned out to be a paper tiger. Sheesh, if they can't mount an operation on their own borders with months of planning, what use would it be against NATO?
The hardware may be there, but when much of it on the ground is operated by brutalised conscripts without any understanding of the mission and even denied access to maps, is it any wonder it’s not going well? Brute force and Ignorance can only achieve so much against an agile and motivated opponent.