Vladimir Putin had high hopes for a quick victory when he ordered the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

But he failed to account for the tenacity of the Ukrainian people, the ferocious support from the West and the charismatic appeal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Will Putin fulfil his dream of expanding the Russian empire, or has he made the biggest mistake of his life?