Western equipment is considered less efficient than Soviet due to maintenance issues and degraded mode capabilities.
"How often do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?"
Russians practice "Maskirovka," appearing weak to hide their true strength.
Fair enough. You could only know this if you studied an obscure conflict called "World War 2". Very esoteric knowledge.
The Ukrainian failure at Avdiivka demonstrates that Kiev is not capable of re-establishing the collapsing front with an "elite" brigade's dispatch.
Throwing an "elite" (read: more well equipped than usual) formation to stop an advance is what the Nazis resorted to doing after the war had decisively turned against them. Didn't work for them then, doesn't seem to work for Ukraine now. Almost as if it's a bad strategy only employed by losers.