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Russia provided 3 days rations, intending to take Kyiv airport, land paratroopers, take Kyiv assassinate Zelensky and replace him with a puppet. This plan failed. Russia lost16,000 soldiers killed, 12,000 wounded (Komsomalaya Gazeta) by March 23, 2022, their advance from north, south and east has slowed. Ukrainian forces are fighting Russian forces to a standstill. Russia's appeal to China for military aid to subdue Ukraine March 14 confirms the collapse of the Russian state,