Never shy to brandish an image of vigor during his presidency, a seemingly frailer than usual Vladimir Putin has added to speculation over whether the Russian leader is the sick man of Europe. Read more:
Faced by huge troop losses, whose true number the Kremlin does not acknowledge, and a retreat from Kyiv, Putin's invasion of Ukraine is faltering and his demeanor is closely scoured for signs of weakness.
."If this is coming from inside the Kremlin—and we don't have much to go on aside from a statement from a Russian oligarch—it is random or just a baseless statement designed to explain away Russia's incompetence, ineptitude, and self-destructive invasion of Ukraine." "Many are using health rumors as possible explanations for Putin's evolution from rationalism to emotionalism."
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