[BobL]

So you don’t have a link either regarding the claim that Putin planned to take Kiev with 40,000 troops. Just speculation...

[Cronos]

If a dictat6 sends

1. Elite paratroopers to capture its targets capital
2. 40,000 troops (as you said) to capture the country’s capital

Any sane person would see that the dictator was trying to capture that capital city.