Can you point us to where Putin or any Russian leader said it would be a 3 day SMO? That was never stated or believed. It came straight out of DC as a talking point because they deduced that’s how long it would have taken us. (Because you know, we never need more than three days /s)
Many Russian sources early on when explaining taking of Kiev…. Didn’t happen was Putin went in light, if true you go in light because you expect to not succeed with numbers you have and later mobilize 100s of thousands of troops, or you go in “light” because you expected a quick and easy “SMO”
Hey could be wrong maybe rolling back territory and spending 10 months almost taking a small city is winning and the plan