The 5 Blunders of Vladimir Putin
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The war in Ukraine is a month along, and Russian president Vladimir Putin’s dangerously quixotic quest to restore the geography and influence of the old Soviet Union is not going well. According to various news reports, Russian forces have lost control of Kherson, a major city in southern Ukraine, within recent days. News reports and analysis from the Pentagon say Russian troops are deeply demoralized, undersupplied, and confused as to the nature of the mission.
And for all the fear and teeth-gnashing concern over the Russian military’s potential to conduct scorched-earth warfare in Ukraine, and the equal or greater fear of Russia using chemical or tactical nukes against Ukraine’s people, there are five mistakes – substantive, hand-to-the-forehead blunders – that Putin committed, five unforced errors the dictator made that effectively lost this war before the first shot was fired, errors that will end it sooner rather than later, and not on Putin’s terms.
Read the complete piece at The Swamp
Image credit: Putin: Vadim Ghirda, Associated Press
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