if anything the rest of the World overestimated not underestimated the Russians. The consensus early was that Russia would take Kyiv in a weekend.
idk what happened in this country where a sizable portion is mad that we are helping a country that is getting picked on w war crimes by an incompetent bully. No one is surprised that if it lasted long enough that the Russians would have some success in the East but that is just them not valuing their own troops lives.
How long to we fund this enviable defeat?