It seems too early to know whether this means President Vladimir Putin has scaled back his ambitions, but Russian military moves this week indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance.
It appeared too early to know whether this meant President Vladimir Putin had scaled back his ambitions in Ukraine, but Russian military moves this week indicate a recognition of the surprisingly stout Ukrainian resistance.
A residential building damaged by a missile on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Yesterday, Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, with Russian troops invading the country from the north, east and south, accompanied by air strikes and shelliA month of fighting has left Russian forces stalled in much of the country, including on their paths toward Kyiv. A senior U.S.
French President Emmanuel Macron, speaking in Brussels, said "it’s too soon to say" whether the Russians have changed their approach. "It shows very clearly that in any case, a operation led simultaneously on all sides was thwarted by the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people. That’s what we see for several days."
Russian shortcomings in Ukraine might be the biggest shock of the war so far. After two decades of modernization and professionalization, Putin’s forces have proved to be ill-prepared, poorly coordinated and surprisingly stoppable. The extent of Russian troop losses is not known in detail, although NATO estimates thatin the first four weeks — potentially as many as Russia lost in a decade of war in Afghanistan.
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