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Russia never intended to take Kviv. They went there to tie down potential reinforcements from going to Donbass.
Putin doesn’t want all of Ukraine. Just the West and South, basically up to the Dneiper in the South, but not north.
And he’s likely to get it.
Putin never intended to ... kill or arrest 150 ministers and general officers. And, it’s a complete surprise to him that so many of his corrupt pals have committed suicide. Also, Putin knew his soldiers were a bunch of idiots. The war in Ukraine was his master stroke to get rid of that element. And, don’t even ask about Armenia losing to Azerbaijan, or Assad having to concede half of Syria to rebel forces. Besides all this, Russia’s tanks are all beyond their “use by” date. So, no big deal. Putin’s using his tanks to deplete the stocks of anti-tank missiles. Soon, Putin will have NATO right where he wants them. But, first, Putin will have to keep the Nazis of Finland Sweden from joining NATO.
Putin tried for a decapitation tactic on Ukraine. He was expecting Zelensky to flee to Western Europe on a plane with millions of dollars and live in exile. This would allow him to install a puppet leader and then negotiate a treaty with the new leadership where he gets everything he wanted.
Everyone believed that the Russian army was unstoppable, and that it was a matter of time before they crushed everything. The problem is that 30 years of corruption hollowed out his military, to the point that it is suffering massive losses. Putin is now cleaning house in the FSB (KGB) and arresting the people who lied to him.
Putin may still get a victory in eastern Ukraine, but it will be a victory of attrition. And even that is still in doubt.
Little doubt Putin will eventually win. But then what?
What you’re saying makes no sense. Putin clearly expected to take Kiev in just a few days. If he didn’t he would not have removed so many of his own officers. The simple fact is that Putin and his generals are stunned at their losses. Yes, they might still win the East and South because they care so little about the lives o f their own men, but Putin thought this was going to be a cake walk like South Ossetia. Instead, he’s gotten a bloody nose and may never fully recover.