The biggest problem is that Russia was expecting a blitzkrieg in Ukraine. The war shouldn't have dragged for over a week.

Why lie?

But more importantly

The Russian economy is crippling and Russia's central bank knows that if this keeps going on for a couple of months, the Russian Ruble will collapse. While Russia makes up a small percentage of the world economy, its grip on energy is strong. Some European countries depend on Russian gas for over 80 percent of their energy. Which is why oil prices have skyrocketed up to 140 dollars per barrel.

Don't you see the contradiction? How can they hurt with prices going up for what they sell, which Countries Depend on Buying? Make it make sense please.

Seems like the ruble is plummeting, and it looks like after a month, before the profit from the increased prices of both oil and gas, the ruble is poised to collapse in a couple months, which is ok, as they said that around the first week of May, they'll wrap it up.