Egads. What the hell are you talking about?

That article is over a year old. It even pre-dates the Kursk offensive. What part of "at this point" don't you get? This war is not about major tank battles anymore.

Undoubted, a major push would be accompanied by armor. At present, they are mostly used as mobile artillery trying to evade drones. There is no major push at this time. Could be one tomorrow for all I know. But not right now.

As for production, you are correct. Russia is producing more of a lot of things (not everything) than NATO. Especially artillery shells. And it's straining their economy (as I have said repeatedly). They can't do much more without changing their economy, which will generate a lot of blowback from the Russian people.

You're not telling me anything I didn't know. Europe isn't on a war-time footing, so they aren't really ramping their production aggressively.

You're not seeing the whole picture.

But I will grant you that Russian incompetence has played a role, as has corruption and several other factors. They probably should have been able to take Kyiv in the opening weeks, and they didn't.

BTW, I never said I'm an "expert". I just get my information from experts.