Putin's gamble backfired.....like Stalin's in 1939

Vladmir dreamt that his mighty Russian armed forces would takeover the Ukraine in 48 hours.
Well / not exactly on plan.
1/ his spetnaz commandos failed to capture the airports/ cut communications/ kill the President/ cabinet.
2/ Got routed in Kviv/ so Russian army retreated/ left hundreds of destroyed tanks/ guns on battlefield.
3/ got bogged down in Mauriopol thanks to heroic defense by Azoz battalion.
4/ Lost 6000+ sq. miles of territory in Kharkiv region.
5/ Ukraine winning in Kherson offensive.
6/ NATO/ US now knows how weak the enemy (Russia) is.
This time/ Russia has no allies to help them like in WW2

Back in 1939 Stalin and the Reds invaded little Finland. By 1940 they got mauled. Germany took note of this/ and in 1941 launched "Barbarossa" I

Reasons for poor Soviet performance in Winter War 1939/40 Stalin had 39K of his officers shot in 1937. In WW2 Soviet losses were 25 Russian KIA to one German soldier KIA.
In Feb. 2022 its Putin and his corrupt cronies. They plundered the Russian Federation to enrich themselves/ never upgraded their military/ trained their armed forces.