Russia Ukraine war, page-220092

The key fundamental theme missing from your post is denial. Because that is what you are in.

Your two options are either Putin failed to take Kyiv or the thousands of dead Russian troops and hundreds of vehicles lost in the Kyiv region were just meat Putin had no issue in wasting to not accomplish any specific objective.

Neither of those options work well for you, one makes more sense than the other. I will let you figure out which one that is.

Please research what has actually happened in Putin's war of choice against Ukraine, it will greatly help our interactions.