There are four key metrics that reveal just how badly the invasion of Ukraine is going for Russia and Vladimir Putin | Peter Hartcher | Opinion
The great powers behind each side of the war in Ukraine announced new strategies over the weekend. Both the Russian and US pronouncements contain strong elements of fantasy.
“The main objectives of the first stage of the operation have generally been accomplished. The combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been considerably reduced,” said Rudskoy. US President Joe Biden also was guilty of a bit of fantasising. At the end of a speech delivered in the Polish capital of Warsaw, Biden delivered an impromptu punchline. The speech was designed to show NATO’s resolve to defend “every inch” of its members’ territory against any Russian intrusion.“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” Biden said
Biden seems to have indulged a bit of a fantasy. He was wishing Putin away. Everything Putin has done in his two decades in power has had the overriding imperative of keeping himself there.This includes the fabricated charges of fraud against his most effective critic, the fearless Alexei Navalny Fantasies or not, there is a shared reality underlying both the Russian and American pronouncements. Putin’s war is proving to be a grave misjudgment. Until now, Russia’s armed might has allowed it to stride the world like the superpower it once was. First contact with Ukraine’s forces has shattered that image.“Putin’s offensive is stuck despite all the destruction that it is bringing day after day.
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