The scale of the Kremlin’s strategic failures in Ukraine is epic – and the exploded myth of Russian power may lead to the unravelling of the regime
During his national TV address, Putin’s lack of basic political skills was matched by a chilling absence of human warmth and animation. He might have been one of Gogol’s Dead Souls. His eyes were cold and lifeless as the grave.
The extent to which Putin is getting it wrong again over Ukraine is stupefying. The sheer scale of strategic failure is truly epic. Ukraine, a fragile democracy racked by political feuding and endemic corruption, has been united in nationhood in defiance of the aggressor.and denigrated by his admirer, Donald Trump, is stronger than ever. European defence spending is rocketing. Neutrals Sweden and Finland scramble to join.
Russia’s economy is bleeding out. And despite western worries about the Kremlin propaganda offensive in Africa and Asia, it is largely isolated internationally. In March,As the war hits home, Putin is blamed for everything that’s gone wrong, before and since Last week the UN general assembly overruled Moscow and allowed Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy,, hitherto straddling the fence, expressed “concern” at the damage he is doing. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, scolded him: “Today’s era is not an era of war”.Russia increasingly needs ChinaThe war is fundamentally shifting the power balance in Beijing’s favour.
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