We discussed this a year ago. We agreed to revisit it. You felt (perhaps properly) that by attacking on Russian soil, Ukraine loses the war of appearances.
I disagreed. I didn't believe that Putin would use nukes, and like trump...he needed to be challenged.
Now Ukraine is in shambles, Russia has plenty of Iranian weapons, and the Western world has wasted most of its ammunition blowning thousands of missiles out of the sky. Russia has plenty of oil money to purchase more weaponry, and they're getting better at using the weapons that they have.
I believe Ukraine is still much better are fighting, but they are now suffering the same issues that Russia did w/respect to young men fleeing the country to avoid the war.
Russia will continue to force Ukraine to waste valuable resources chasing missiles aimed at Kiev.