For the most part, yes. Before Feb 24th, hey had estimated that the forces amassed around Ukraine would not be enough to take over Ukraine and thus did not think Russia would actually attack. They ended up being correct about the former, though Russia has since scaled down their ambitions dramatically and have had more success as a result. These are Finnish military experts which have focused on Russia specifically for decades.
Given that Russia is currently taking over Ukraine seems that they were wrong on both accounts. If anything, Russia has expanded their ambitions since the war started. The original goal war Donbas, now they have an open ended goal that has expanded much past that. If these Finnish experts have focused on Russia for decades and got everything so catastrophically wrong, they should be deeply ashamed of themselves.
No.
Let me put it another way then, has anything these experts you’ve been reading predicted that actually came to pass so far?
For the most part, yes. Before Feb 24th, hey had estimated that the forces amassed around Ukraine would not be enough to take over Ukraine and thus did not think Russia would actually attack. They ended up being correct about the former, though Russia has since scaled down their ambitions dramatically and have had more success as a result. These are Finnish military experts which have focused on Russia specifically for decades.
Given that Russia is currently taking over Ukraine seems that they were wrong on both accounts. If anything, Russia has expanded their ambitions since the war started. The original goal war Donbas, now they have an open ended goal that has expanded much past that. If these Finnish experts have focused on Russia for decades and got everything so catastrophically wrong, they should be deeply ashamed of themselves.