The Ulkrainians dont have sufficient forces to loop around behind his supply forces on the east and cut them off and the Russians can reach their own troops now wihout going through Ukraine. In Kyiv they did not have that advantage. They had to cross over the Ukrainians and the mud to get there. If Putin were fighting Nato or just the Americans we would put an end to that situation right off by letting all his troops come into the east then cutting off their supply lines by going into Russia- of course we would have already snuffed out the ones waiting for supply by using air power anyway. Tougher situation for what the Ukrainians are working with.
Vlad also has successfully created this little "rule" or he he thinks he as anyway, that Russia can come into Ukraine but if Ukraine goes into Russia it is breaking some fucking rule he made up. He got all worked up over the attack in those fuel tanks up Russia above Ukraine and said big scary things. That's all bullshit. Under international law, Ukraine would be totally entitled to roll into Moscow and level the fucking place to look like mariupol. The only reason that they can't do that is because the lack the military power- that's all. And they would be justified in using nukes if they still had them because it is beyond dispute that Russia is an existential threat to Ukraine.
Where Putin is at risk is that he is pushing his troops and generals hard to make gains regardless of civilian casualties and regardless of autrocities and there is defnitiely MORE TO COME on the horizon. Yet some of his recent actions and actions of his freelancing troops were so bad that it has literally stunned the world and the bad part has not even come yet. Long winded way of saying I can't guaranty Vlad what Nato will or will not do in the face of Rwanda in Ukraine or what the rest of the world will want to do, and cannot guaranty him that troops from other nations will not cross into Russia to cut off his supplies if he goes holocaustal in his actions. As all of the generals at the Insititute of War agree upon, "we need to give Putin something to worry about and show him a few red lines instead of just assuring him that we will not cross the red lines he has set."
Mind you that I am opposed to putting Americans on the ground, and opposed to a NATO action - but he needs to watch his arse because sometimes the rest of the world does not listen to me. Just to repeat: Putin is pushing those generals hard and letting them know that they are not to return empty handed so they are going to be doing some scary and holocaustal things. And if Putin fails again there he will crank up the nuclear threats which does in fact become a NATO issue. Watch your arse Vlad. You are not all that bright.