At every setback/defeat/victory in the last 2 years, there is always the comment of "I don't think Putin is stupid". Every time there was a fuckup, there were people there to state "this is all part of the plan". How long does this go on? I don't think Putin is necessarily stupid but he certainly isn't smart. He was fed a bunch of non-stop bullshit on the state of his forces and he believed it. He DRASITCALLY underestimated the will of the Ukrainian people and more importantly the will of the western world to supply and defend them.