Yes and no.
The skill of studying the Russian armed forces degenerated over the last 30 years. Unsurprisingly, the mass of Western observers do not…
Yes and no. Keep in mind that the mass of Western assessments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published over the last few years were ('also') dominated by expressions like 'corruption', 'incompetence' etc. So much so, instances like the CIA, DIA, BND etc (and thus their governments and armed forces) were all convinced Ukraine is going to fall in a matter of days, three weeks at most.
The skill of studying the Russian armed forces degenerated over the last 30 years. Unsurprisingly, the mass of Western observers do not even understand how does it work.
Surprisingly enough, the same is valid for most of Ukrainian observers.
To the luck of us all, nothing of that kind can be said for those in charge of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, though.