Putin awoke a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I know the original quote is likely apocryphal but it sounds good and is applicable in this instance.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Very applicable! Well done too. n/t

[MarineCombatEngineer]

2. Very applicable.

Putin thought that he would be in control of Ukraine before the rest of the world would wake up to his illegal invasion, but he badly miscalculated the Ukrainian will to fight and defend their homeland, he also badly miscalculated the world's response, along with the NATO alliance, Europe, the EU, now he's trying nuclear blackmail, which is failing already.

Let's face it, Putin is no military genius and is being lied to by his inner circle.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. He miscalculated

Joe Biden and his strategy of announcing Putin’s moves ahead of the invasion.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. Absolutely.

He miscalculated everything and I'm pretty sure his days are numbered, Russians don't take kindly to failure and ridicule and have a history of removing, sometimes violently, failed leaders.

[Sneederbunk]

3. The giant is Democracy.