the CIA knows that the definition of a "Successful Coup" is when the people of the homeland are unaware it even happened ( like Ukraine or the 2020 US pres election )
if the people find out and fight back , the coup failed ( even if the resistance fails)
then it becomes a "civil war" and the resistance to the coup can be labeled "an insurrection"
Yes the goverment, is nwo affiliated. But the avarage people fighting aren’t. Putin underestimated Ukranian Nationalism.