This sets a new standard for stupidity. When the Russians entered Ukraine they were already in Donbas, so why would they leave Donbas and divide their forces into three prongs to enter the Kyiv area from three directions only to return to Donbas? That's not a feint, that's a failure of intelligence. What really happened was that Putin, clearly not a very bright man, thought that a show of force in the Kyiv area would terrify the Ukrainians and they would surrender and he would appoint a pro Russian government without having to fight any war.
The Russians shocked the world with a spectacular display of incompetence from the instant the invasion was planned right down to today. No competent military planner would have launched the invasion in February when he ground is too soft from melting snow for tanks and trucks to travel cross country and force them to travel on the roads in huge convoys that were ambushed every few miles. No competent military planner would have sent the tanks toward Kyiv without first securing supply lines, but that's exactly what the Russians did. Finally, no competent military planner would have launched the invasion without first ascertaining the temper of the Ukrainian people and the readiness of the Ukrainian military, but that's exactly what the Russians did.