The US already had full intel that Russia was planning the invasion,

and because of that, there was a plan to evacuate Zelenskyy and establish a government in exile.

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But he pulled the move, saying, "Screw that, I'm dying here," which moved the people and galvanized their strength to resist.

Seriously, if it weren't for that, Putin's "Special Military Operation" would have succeeded in a one-week sweep.

Even now they're disadvantaged, but if the capital had been taken and the government fled overseas, the people's will to fight would have totally vanished.