“Well Putin did attempt to copy a blitzkrieg in his invasion of Ukraine”
Based upon your opinion and insight?
Based upon who authoritative analysis?
Ever heard of the military term FEINT?
Kyiv was a FEINT to lock down roughly 65-75 thousand Ukrainian forces while thrusts were made in the eastern and southern areas of Ukraine.
And if one reads the Russian SMO, “conquest” or the goals set forth never once mention the word “conquest”.
Again, I can appreciate your take and opinion on the matter, but dancing on word semantics to form an argument is just utter BS.
And you expect that Putin would have publicly announced he wanted to conquer Ukraine? That’s a bit naive, isn’t it?
As for the trust to Kyiv being a feint, that’s just a post hoc rationalization for its failure. Do you really believe that Russian generals would have purposely sacrificed their elite airborne units in such a way? Are the Russians really that callous of the lives of their soldiers? And all the valuable armored vehicles that were destroyed or left in the field? That was a voluntary sacrifice to confuse the Ukrainians?