@IAMAL_PHARIUS @Wolffkran @Shlomo Not exactly. They expected Russia to go full 'war mode' and throw waves and waves of native Slavs against carefully reinforced fortifications, while wrecking their economy by putting it on a full military production footing.

Instead, the Russians chose to painfully grind it out, making NATOids go on a war of attrition instead while fighting on the cheap with Donbass militia volunteers, mercenaries, and other expendables. While using the country as a testing ground for war materiel and an excuse to restructure their armed forces

Very cold blooded and smart.