I really think from a militar strategy point of view Ukrainian Armed Forces are better than the Russian Armed Forces deployed in Ukraine. Rumors are that most of the soldiers didn't even complete basic training as some of them enlisted as recently as December 2021. If the war was to be to a 1:1 ratio war UAF would easily have won most of the engagement. I think Putin here is to go for a, still swift attack, but the turning point in his favor will come in the next few days as the favourable ratio to Russian Armed Forces will become more and more heavy.
On the other side: did I miss something? Seems like no sanctions have been imposed today by the EU and the US (still waiting for this last one as Biden is waited to make a speech any minute now).