I think the view from Kremlin wasn't that they were really itching for the operation, but that they really, really had to do it, bring cornered, and with Ukraine stepping up the activity to take Donbas (legislation passed in March 2021, troop concentration, increased shelling of Donbas in the first weeks of February 2022).
Circular argument. If you want to start an op, you make sure you start with the army you need.
I think the view from Kremlin wasn't that they were really itching for the operation, but that they really, really had to do it, bring cornered, and with Ukraine stepping up the activity to take Donbas (legislation passed in March 2021, troop concentration, increased shelling of Donbas in the first weeks of February 2022).
So no, not a circular argument.