I think it had a big effect right from the beginning. The President Putin again divorced from reality probably thought that the Ukrainians would not fight hard, he probably thought that Ukrainian -- well we know he thinks that the Ukrainian not really a nation don't really defend themselves.
William Taylor explains how Putin's misconceptions about Ukraine have affected the Russian military's performance.
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We want the Ukrainians to win soon. We want the Ukrainians to win and push the Russians out, so that they can regain their sovereignty.
It`s a tribute to the Ukrainian military and Ukrainian people that they are holding out, fighting fiercely. They are following their president, President Zelensky, who stepped up to lead this nation.
This war is -- was unprovoked. This was a -- this was a war of Russia on Ukraine, unprovoked, unjustified.
If they start to win on the battlefield, continue to win on the battlefield, and in the end, win on the battlefield, that will be the way to push the Russians out.
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