Vladimir Putin has “lost the war” and permanently destroyed Russia’s reputation as he reaches his own “end”, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia.
Ukraine launched a spectacular counterattack on Russian occupied territories in the country’s eastern Kharkiv region, surprising Vladimir Putin’s forces in a significant shift in the war’s momentum.
Russian President Vladimir Putin skipped a major national address on Wednesday where he was expected to announce a mass mobilisation. Picture: Getty Images “I look forward to seeing the reaction to the mass mobilisation, I don’t think it’s going to go smooth on Vladimir Putin. But despite Russia’s significant personnel advantage, Ukraine has managed to push the occupying forces back from the capital Kyiv and recapture critical territories in the east and south.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the planned referenda in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia were a “further escalation” of the war.