You're not the only one. I think everyone is stunned as to how incompetent and corrupt the Russian Army is. We thought they had an extremely well trained/drilled military fighting machine, but turns it out, just having overwhelming fancy weapons does not win you wars. Their Command Structure is extremely rigid, the NCO is largely nonexistent and this is why they are struggling to adapt and think outside the box on the battlefield. The current Ukrainian offensive in Kharkiv where they spotted a gap and acted decisively to exploit it, i don't think the Russians can replicate a quick thinking operation like this.
This has been the biggest surprise for me, the Russian Air Force. While the incompetence of the Russian Army is here for all to see, but the incompetence of Russian Air Force crosses all leaps and bounds considering the Russian Air Force has decent equipment. What they did not learn from the US from Gulf War and Serbia is that electronic warfare is now a major force in the aerial battlefield. Its clear that the Russians invested very little in EW and building up a credible C4I. Heck, Pakistan with only a fraction of resources learnt from the Americans how important Electronic Warfare and C4I is and thus dedicated majority of their development budget in creating a credible Electronic Warfare and C4I network. The Russians have a pretty big defense budget for the size of their economy.
Now the question is, will the Russians return to the drawing board to rebuild and rebuild properly after this conflict? I see that it’s often difficult to adapt to a strict environment like the Russian high command.
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