I suspect it has not been much of an "embarrassment" for Putin: That is western propaganda spin. Russia's principal initual goal has been to degrade Ukraine's military capability, especially of the Ukrainian right-wing neo-Nazi military formations, and most especially in the Donbass area.
Russia has refrained from wholesale assaults on…
I suspect it has not been much of an "embarrassment" for Putin: That is western propaganda spin. Russia's principal initual goal has been to degrade Ukraine's military capability, especially of the Ukrainian right-wing neo-Nazi military formations, and most especially in the Donbass area.
Russia has refrained from wholesale assaults on Jkrainian cities, with the significant exception of Maruipol, where the so-called Azov battalion (regiment) has a fanatic attachment, and where these neo-Nazis have been holding the civilian population hostage.
I suspect it has not been much of an "embarrassment" for Putin: That is western propaganda spin. Russia's principal initual goal has been to degrade Ukraine's military capability, especially of the Ukrainian right-wing neo-Nazi military formations, and most especially in the Donbass area.
Russia has refrained from wholesale assaults on Jkrainian cities, with the significant exception of Maruipol, where the so-called Azov battalion (regiment) has a fanatic attachment, and where these neo-Nazis have been holding the civilian population hostage.