"Putin Brags He Could Take Kyiv in Two Weeks"according to the west. You can argue it's been tougher then expected but no sane person would say it was supposed to be quick and easy.
and this is just getting into the middle game - nobody should be predicting anything yet
https://time.com/3259699/putin-boast-kiev-2-weeks/?amp=true
Putin hasn't even taken Kharkiv yet, and it is a Russian-speaking city near the Russian border in a part of Ukraine that was supposed to be pro-Russian