[BroJoeK]

BlackbirdSST: "That propaganda has grown from "3-days" to a "week or two". It is being nurtured and growing."

Locomotive Breath: "Errr... propaganda?
Russia invaded February 24, 2022.
3-days, a week or two, a couple of months it doesn’t matter."

There is no doubt that Russians themselves were very optimistic about a quick victory in Ukraine.
Here are some quotes at the time:

1. Andrei Fedorov, a former Russian deputy foreign minister, told Al Jazeera on February 27, 2022, that President Vladimir Putin's initial order was to
   "complete the military operation with a victory by March 2"

   There is your "three day victory".

2. Sergei Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister, assured President Putin on March 11, 2022, that
   "everything is going to plan" and that the operation was proceeding as expected.

3. Avril Haines, the director of U.S. national intelligence, reported during a hearing on March 8, 2022:

   “Moscow underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s resistance and the degree of internal military challenges we are observing, which include an ill-considered plan, morale issues, and considerable logistical issues,” she said.

4. Australian retired major general Mick Ryan, expert on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said Russia was confident of a swift victory.
   "They thought they could fight it fast, cheap and easy, and [conquer] Kyiv within days," Mr Ryan told SBS News. -- March 31,2022

5. Russian propagandist, "Iron Lady" Olga Skabeyeva (April 2022):
   "The Ukrainians are crumbling in front of our eyes.
   The Ukrainian army is falling apart."
   "We're forced to conduct the demilitarization not only of Ukraine, but of the entire NATO alliance."

6. Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan (March 2023):
   "We defeated Ukraine in the first two or three days.
   Then a war with NATO started"

There are many similar quotes from the period around February and March of 2022.

[Locomotive Breath]

Yup. I was just in the process of looking that up. So thanks.

[PGR88]

LOL - a nonsense list. These are opinions and hot takes from people unconnected to the war.

The only “prediction” was your #1 - and who knows what the context of the prediction was?

[ansel12]

Putin said he could take the capitol in 2 weeks.

https://www.google.com/search?q=putin+said+could+take+kyiv+in+2+weeks&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1057US1057&oq=putin+said+could+take+kyiv+in+2+weeks&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTExNzU3ajBqMagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[USA-FRANCE]

Oh my... your links proving how wrong and utterly disconnected from reality the Russians were concerning the duration of the war... will produce another round of exploding heads.

For good measure here is yet another link from Dear KGB Leader himself from 2014:

Putin Boasts of Being Able to Take Kiev in 2 Weeks
https://time.com/3259699/putin-boast-kiev-2-weeks/