According to the publication, the decision to invade Ukraine was made by Putin together with Defense Minister Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff Gerasimov and Secretary of the Security Council Patrushev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a decision about the attack on Ukraine in February 2022 in a narrow circle , but the limited information received led to miscalculations in the first days of the invasion. This was reported by Bloomberg.
The publication, citing Putin's entourage, notes that the president of the aggressor country was determined to continue the war in Ukraine, despite the failure of the plan to quickly seize the country. In Putin's eyes, a reduction in Moscow's ambitions would make it “hopelessly vulnerable and weak” to the West.
A few weeks after the invasion, Putin's advisers narrowed even more.
Sources note that the decision to invade Putin was made together with such “hawks” as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev. Bloomberg made an official comment to President Dmitry Peskov's spokesman, but he did not respond.
According to Bloomberg, the Kremlin's miscalculations were caused by limited information received by Putin. Moscow hoped that in the first days of the offensive it would receive wider support from the Armed Forces and Ukrainian politicians.
“The Russian leader also underestimated his Ukrainian counterpart (Vladimir Zelensky, ed.), Initially considering him weak,” Bloomberg writes.
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