Russia's President Vladimir Putin is so confident in his invasion of Ukraine that he has ordered his soldiers to take Kyiv within 13 hours and even issued victory parade uniforms.
The despot had no doubt in his mind that his troops would be able to sweep across Ukraine without serious resistance at the start of the invasion on February 24.
In fact, a supremely confident Kremlin and national security adviser believed that Russia ’s cutting-edge armed forces were strong enough to stand up even to the Americans.
