> If the 3-day figure wasn't official (I'm having trouble finding original Russian-language video or audio which confirms this), then certainly, taking Kyiv wit

> If the 3-day figure wasn't official (I'm having trouble finding original Russian-language video or audio which confirms this), then certainly, taking Kyiv within the first days of the war was the plan, going off the moves RU made. The automatically posted then deleted victory articles on Russian state run RIA and Sputnik news agencies certainly suggests that they were expecting the war to be short. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60562240.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60562240.amp The articles were (seemingly) automatically posted ~3,~4 days after the war started.