While the botched assault on Hostomel and the failure to take Kharkiv have surprised some commentators, these are but the opening salvos
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has so far been curiously uncoordinated, even haphazard, in its first four days – prompting fears that Kremlin may adopt more brutal and deadly methods to achieve victory at a higher cost.
Military analysts have been surprised by what they see as repeated errors, perhaps reflecting Russian president Vladimir Putin’s mistaken belief that Ukrainians had an underlying affinity with Russia and would simply acquiesce in the fall of Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy once Moscow’s troops rolled in.
