Vladimir Putin appears to have admitted his efforts to conquer Ukraine have failed and set the stage for a new phase of the war.
The Kremlin envisioned a swift takeover of Ukraine but has instead found itself mired in a bloody stalemate have failed and set the stage for a new phase of the war.
As well as troop deaths, the Russian invasion force has also sustained a high amount of equipment loss. The Institute for the Study of War called the assessment a ‘fictitious report’ on the invasion so far and said Russia is ‘attempting to adjust the war’s narrative to make it appear that Russia is achieving its aims’.
One anonymous official said: ‘It is clear that Russia is recognising that it can’t pursue its operations on multiple axes simultaneously.
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