Ukrainians heroically defend their right to freedom and sovereignty. I think that Russia definitely did not expect such resistance. The Kremlin's plans were to capture Kyiv and all of Ukraine in 3 days. However, this plan failed. Ukrainian troops have already liberated some settlements from Russian troops. During this war, Russian troops have already lost more than 20 thousand of their soldiers and officers. By the way, the Russian government hides these figures from its people. Just look here
https://uawar.net/stats how different are the data of russian losses in ukraine!