I'm curious, is the war portrayed accurately in Russia?

Unfortunately I cannot answer this question because I am not Russian nor do I live in Russia. I am a communist - my support for Russia begins and ends with their assistance to socialist countries. Providing oil to Cuba, building a gas pipeline to China and decapitating the UN sanctions regime on North Korea, are all things I support.

Ultimately this isn't a war Ukraine can win. There is no way for Ukraine to militarily defeat Russia nor is there any resistance movement within the Russian occupied territories in the same way as we've seen in American occupied territories like Afghanistan. The former Ukrainians now residing in Russia seem to be for the most part content with continuing on with their lives.

Russia has quite clearly drawn its red lines in the sand when it comes to Ukraine. It drew a red line on Ukraine's neutrality, we crossed that by manufacturing a colour revolution in 2014 to install a pro-western regime into power - and unsurprisingly, the Russian majority areas wanted to cede from that government. Then Russia attempted to discuss returning Donetsk and Lugansk to Ukraine in exchange for providing the Donbas region with autonomy and a say in foreign matters, which was ignored. And now that all else has failed Russia has decided that taking the Donbas oblasts is the new red line.

Belarus and North Korea have yet to actually fight inside of Ukraine, but now that it's a battle of attrition, and NATO has made it clear it will not fight with anything other than Ukrainian lives, and the United States is worried that the billions of dollars worth of natural resources Ukraine gave away to them might fall into Russian hands, the pressure to negotiate those territories away will likely begin.

Don't people question why you haven't had success in 4 years?

Because the idea that this was a short operation is mostly a western invention. It is called a Special Military Operation because within Russia it is perceived as a war against NATO, and since NATO is not actively participating in this war, it is for now a special military operation.

Are people not concerned about the 1.5 million casualties in Russia or is that hidden from the public?

Using the CSIS (American think tank) estimate, we get 1.2 million Russian casualties to Ukraine's 500,000 - 600,000. Similarly, using the BBC estimate, we get 500,000 Russians killed to 200,000 Ukrainians.

Given that Ukraine has already been relying on kidnapping and torturing civilians in order to have them sent to the war, while Russia has yet to actually force people into the war, it's not surprising that domestically the Ukrainian government is much more unpopular at the moment, whereas the Russian government is faring just fine.

The economy in Russia is growing (albeit slowly as a result of sanctions) and the quality of life for the average person has improved significantly because the government is aware it has to maintain support for the war.

Russians can also access the regular internet without a VPN, so there isn't the same suppression of news that for example the Chinese or North Koreans face.