I don't see how is it "neutral-ish" when it blatantly misrepresents Russian intentions. The complete subjugation of Ukraine was evident from the propaganda pieces released just after the incursion but when it was clear it won't go according to the Russian plan they were removed - and these were non-veiled progenocidal nazi worded. Russia considers Ukraine a "rowdy, breakaway region" inhabited by ethnic Russians whose brains were washed by "CIA-financed fash government". Evidence of plans of ethnic cleansing were found in towns liberated from Russians, the program of mass child kidnappings is also somewhat more sinister than mere "Finlandization".
But let's say I fell for the US propaganda with the abovementioned points. The piece in OP suggests that Russian missile strikes are designed to overwhelm the Ukrainian air defence and cripple their airforce afterwards. Well, the evidence from 2022/23 shows that the plan is to cripple Ukrainian civilian infrastructure by deliberately targeting power plants. We saw it in action and further confirmed by the Russian propaganda channels openly calling for "freeze them out" anti-civilian strategy.
This is not "neutral-ish", this is peddling the Russian narrative wrapped in pretty words.