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Yet all evidence suggests Russia expected the Ukrainian army to surrender quickly. They even prepared a congratulatory release for 3 days after the invasion. h

• CityOfThrowaway 5y ago
  As stated in the original post, we are in active war. Any information coming from state run media should be looked at with extreme skepticism. Was this published on accident? Or was it intentional? There is no way to know for certain. Think about this piece of evidence as a data point, but one that is nowhere near damning proof.
  • macintux 5y ago
    Well, it was very embarrassing to take a victory lap with the war getting bogged down, and revealed motivations for the war that contradicted Putin’s statements, and aligned with the “blitzkrieg” analysis of Russia’s early failures. So, true, it’s not proof, but Occam’s Razor comes into play here.