Ukrainian historian: Putin made two huge miscalculations

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A Ukrainian historian wrote in an opinion piece in The New York Times on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made two major miscalculations regarding the invasion of Ukraine.

Yaroslav Hrytsak, a historian and professor at the Ukrainian Catholic University, wrote that "Russian aggression has been met with heroic Ukrainian resistance and united the West."

He referred to Putin as a "master tactician but inept strategist" and said he has made his most profound miscalculation by not anticipating a response from the West and Ukrainian resistance.

"First, he was hoping that, as had been the case with his war against Georgia, the West would tacitly swallow his aggression against Ukraine. A unified response from the West was not something he expected. Second, since in his mind Russians and Ukrainians were one nation, Mr. Putin believed Russian troops needed barely to enter Ukraine to be welcomed with flowers. This never materialized," he wrote.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-historian-putin-made-two-141838784.html

[underpants]

1. Underestimate the opposition and expect to be greeted as Liberators

Sounds familiar

[lame54]

2. Believed his own hype

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. These are the unknowns Pootler should have known.

Why he didn’t may be forever…unknown.

[Simeon Salus]

4. Putin fell victim to one of the three classic blunders

[Quixote1818]

5. Most predictions I saw suggested Ukraine would resist and the West would react strongly.

Was Putin's head in a hole?

[L. Coyote]

6. Three: opposition in Russia and Russian soldiers unwilling to kill their friends and relatives.

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