Russian President Vladimir Putin made the decision to attack Ukraine in February 2022 in a narrow circle, but the limited information received led to miscalculations in the early days of the invasion. Bloomberg writes about it..

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, reducing Moscow's ambitions would make it "

In the weeks after the invasion, Putin's circle of advisers narrowed even further..

Sources note that Putin made the decision to invade together with such " Bloomberg reached out to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov for an official comment, but he did not respond to a request..

According to Bloomberg, the Kremlin's miscalculations led to the limited information that Putin received.. Moscow expected that in the very first days of the offensive it would receive broader support in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian politicians.

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