Well, not me. I also thought they would take Kiev and the Dneiper crossings in Feb-March. I am glad I was wrong.
“I also thought...”
That is what you get from your peddler level of thinking.
That is what you get from making an ASSumption.
But this war/conflict exposing a lot about the US, UK, EU, and NATO: Russia is not Serbia, not Syria, not Libya, not Afghanistan, or is it Iraq.
The Russians wanted to demilitarize Ukraine, which they are doing quite effectively and got the added bonus of demilitarizing the US, UK/ EU, and NATO, as well.
“We have reached a point where the United States defense contractors can only produce 20,000 artillery shells in a month while Russia is firing that many in one day and is able to continue supplying its troops.”
‘THE WAR IN UKRAINE HAS EXPOSED THE WEAKNESS OF THE U.S. MILITARY’
https://sonar21.com/the-war-in-ukraine-has-exposed-the-weakness-of-the-u-s-military/