“””””They did almost take Kyiv. But their logistics failed them. I think they wouldn’t have held on to the city for long. They did not have enough troops. They went in with only 200,000 troops.”””””
The take at the beginning was that the Russians got their intelligence wrong and thought they could cut off the head and then the people would welcome them, that is why high ranking Russians already had people shopping for the best residences in Kyiv.
Perhaps the worst Russian error at the beginning was thinking their 200,000 new, post Soviet, modernized, best equipped elite troops were a well oiled machine that would shock the world with American like capabilities, then that illusion all started crumbling, even things as basic as truck tires revealed that the new Russian army greatly resembled the old Soviet army where countless bodies replace finesse and expertise.
VDV paratroopers were at the Hostomel Airport on Day One.
Like you said, the convoy was supposed to reach the stranded paratroopers in Kyiv where the trucks broke down with crappy tires and a lack of gasoline.