Yeah, I disagree with elbows. It’s very clearly not going the way the Russians expected (see tons of dead Russian armour and troops for little gain after 4 days, no air superiority, a swiftness and decisiveness of international reaction that they clearly weren’t expecting, a full-on run on Russian banks, and now pre-written press releases which, if true, point loudly to the fact that this is a fuck-up). That’s not to say they may not get their shit together in the coming days but Putin threatening nuclear war can’t possibly be where they wanted to be 4 days after the invasion.