I remember when it first started people were making fun of how its been months and it was only supposed to be a “3 day special military operation”?
But now I see nothing, no trace on the internet of that ever being said.
When the Russian-Ukranian war first started wasn’t “3 day military operation used”?
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It was a “special military operation” with most military experts both in Russia and the west claiming Ukraine wouldn’t be able to hold out more than a few days to two weeks depending on who you asked.
3 years later and we see how accurate those predictions were.
Pretty much. They even brought their parade uniforms to march in Kyiv.
You’re probably thinking of the “3 hour tour” from Gilligan’s Island, which also had a story about a brief excursion that turned into a big fiasco.
To be fair to the Russians, they didn’t stipulate which three days.
Crazy to think that most of the original invading force is probably dead at this point – 3 years later.
It was supposed to be like when Russia invaded Chechnya which took about 3 days:
Send in Spetsnaz to take control of the Capital airport.
Send in transport aircraft full of troops.
Storm the capital and capture the heads of State, as tanks and riot control troops (basically riot police) roll in from the nearest border road uncontested.
The Ukrainians have ex-Russian officers in their ranks who knew this strategy well. Deployed troops to defend the Kyiv airports from air assult (including old Russian AA guns that did work).
No secure airport. No transport planes.
The tanks, BMP’s, fuel and supply trucks were ambushed after moving about halfway between Belarus and Kyiv.
Russia didn’t change their doctrine and ended up in a trap.
Also, the news has a military problem in that ex-military are not included in their ranks, so they didn’t see/understand that the California National Guard had been in Ukraine since after the 2016 invasion training Ukrainian soldiers US military doctrine and the use of non-commissioned officers (Sargent).
There were plans found on early KIA commanders which showed their plan was to capture the capital in something like 3 to 7 days.
This is where that saying comes from.
It was a phrase originally used by Lukashenko, (reported by english news)
It was Lukashenko who said, not 3 days military operation, but something like, in 3 days, Russians will be in Kiev. And, well, in 3 days the Russians were in Kiev and Ukraine was in Istanbul looking for negotiations.
Then Boris Jhonson made a visit to Kyiv and he and the drug head were like: ‘To the Last Ukrainian, SLAVA UKRAINI’. Then Ukraine shot the people sent to negotiations and made it illegal to negotiate.
3 years and 1 million dead and maimed Ukrainians later, here we aree
I recall one of my colleagues saying it will be done in a week or two. I disagreed and suggested history would say otherwise, I doubt a conclusion is due in 2025. Those that could push for a rapid conclusion seem to have other ideas about global politics at this time.
I remember this as well
I heard something that US intelligence agencies fed the Kremlin this idea that Ukraine would capitulate in 72 hours under attack by Russia. Russia was already confident, but having the USA back up the idea that Ukraine would be an easy target, created the “3-Day Operation.”
That idea aged like milk. It was probably the last big FU the US Intelligence Agencies did to Russia..
Before the invasion everyone thought Russia was a formidable force. They were equal to western militaries. It was quickly discovered that their military is full of fraud and waste.
They had no tires or spares for their vehicles. They had no fuel or working fuel trucks. Everything they had looked good cosmetically but wasn’t maintained at all.
Even their food, their version of MREs, they do have 3-5 year shelf lives. They were all expired and troops were resorting to eating rotten food
With no equipment or working logistics supply, they fell apart and quick.
Many wars start this way predicting a swift victory.
In WWI people were saying “the boys will be home by Christmas “. They weren’t.
It’s disappeared because it wasn’t Russia that said it.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/gen-milley-says-kyiv-could-fall-within-72-hours-if-russia-decides-to-invade-ukraine-sources
They’ve been moving the goalpost for success everytime they have failed, over and over again until capturing five random fields and a small village a week has become an indicator of ‘Russia’s inevitable Victory’, as if the disproportionate cost to take that land was at all worth it.
And the orange man was going to stop it in 24 hours.