They thought they'd get Kiev in 3 days or less. Apparently, they don't have a plan B. They are still trying to get Kiev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rus

They thought they'd get Kiev in 3 days or less. Apparently, they don't have a plan B. They are still trying to get Kiev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine#/media/File:2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai... I only have experience through EU4, and Civilization; so take this with lots of salt. But look at the map: Putin is avoiding some cities (Sumy, Okhtyrka, Chernihiv from the East) to get to Ukraine. He is not taking cities and moving forward, he's avoiding them to get to Kiev quickly. This is suicide. If his Kiev plan fails, a major part of his army will be trapped with bad logistics. Putin is desperate. A quite perilous situation for a man with lots of nuclear nukes.