So Putin supposedly did not know that Ukraine would "fiercely resist". Anon says he and the Russian brass knew very well what would happen, pretty much with precision. Suggest if the head of FSB FI Branch was really arrested, it was for a different reason. Who might he have had comms with?
Another question here is how fiercely the Russians are really being resisted. Have seen a lot of faked war stuff, and think the kills, captures, tank destruction, plane downings, etc., are exaggerated on both sides. Almost as if there was collusion on a somewhat phony war. If the Russians had wanted to do so, they could have laid waste to Kiev and any other UKR cities. They moved at a measured pace toward their goals, limiting bloodshed and destruction.
Anon thinks that the Russians played it perfectly, and have won. No outsiders had the moral right or the guts to take them on, which they expected. Now they will get the political settlement they want. Chunks of the former UKR will go to Donesk and Luhansk. Other pieces may be incorporated into Russia. Moldova may or may not exist. UKR will be largely disarmed, and assume the neutral status that the Russians correctly said all all along was REQUIRED for their security.
This is the reality on the ground. Meanwhile, more documents proving the perfidy of the dark side players in UKR should be released in a stream. They are whipped…crushed…and anything else left in their quiver should be seen directly. Could be very ugly or could be crushed.