Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/22/putin-may-not-be-lying-about-plans-working/

March 22, 2022 at 4:59 p.m. EDT

Twice since launching his war against Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin has assured the Russian people that his “special military operation” is going according “to plan.”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-counteroffensive-claims-1.6870913

Posted: Jun 09, 2023

“Everything is going according to plan,” Putin told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko when discussing the planned nuclear deployment at the Russian leader’s Black Sea summer retreat in Sochi.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russian-forces-are-advancing-all-fronts-against-ukraine-2024-05-15/

Putin says advance of Russian forces in Ukraine is going to plan

May 15, 2024 7:04 AM PDT

MOSCOW, May 15 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian forces were improving their positions every day along the front in Ukraine in all directions and that the advance was going to plan.

I have been repeatedly informed that the Three Day Special Military Operation is going according to plan.

While I am certain that Putin would not lie about the TDSMO going according to plan, and am sure that this is all part of The Plan, I am starting to wonder about the actual merits of his plan.