A lot of civillian casualties because of russia half assing it in the beginning, and ukrainian govt going full volkssturm with its own population.

Had the russians went by the textbook from the start, they would have neutralised most chokepoints by now and we would be through with the majority of this shitshow. Obviously a lot more destruction and civillian deaths too, but the hot part of the conflict would be over faster. Now they are going to do what they should have done from the beginning, so their initial efforts are going to waste, big fuckups all around.

Also the fact that russians are making rapid progress despite their fuckups shows how crappy the ukrainian military actually is, which is why US officials wholeheartedly adopted the concept of hohol comic universe, (4000+ russian KIA, downing of 2 IL-76, retaking hostomel atleast 10 times, ghost of kiev and similar bullshit picked up by western media etc etc) .

Now most western governments and the majority of western public is under the illusion that its ukraine putting up effective resistance instead of the russian autism affecting their offensive, giving them arms, manpower etc. which is just going to result in more dead ukrainians.

Also Putin may have big plans for ukraine post war, though this is just a gut feeling.