“Ukraine and the West completely underestimated Putin”: how the Ukrainian counter-offensive went completely wrong | War Ukraine and Russia

It would be a “year of victory,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky boasted early this year on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion. The Russians would be expelled and Ukrainians would soon be able to holiday in their beloved Crimea again. It turned out completely different. A shocking investigation by the American newspaper ‘The Washington Post’ shows how miscalculations and constant disagreement between Kiev and its Western allies over strategy, tactics and timing destroyed the counter-offensive. And how Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army was grossly underestimated.