More misinformation corrected:
Russia isn't losing. They are retreating at any resistance, surrounding the cities in question, and moving on. This keeps body count low.
And they aren't like dumb Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan. They don't destroy infrastructure that they then have to rebuild. They're not trying to police and Occupy.
They are there to leave everything intact, and put a more friendly government in. That's it. They have their eye on the ball.
Russia has total air superiority and could win any ground they want. But they actually think more than one move ahead.