The war is going badly for Putin. The Russian President has built his leadership on the idea of Russian greatness yet personal weakness compels him to try to prove it at every opportunity. America exploited Putin’s earlier boastful grandstanding to provoke him into invading Ukraine, and America is exploiting Putin’s need to be seen as the victor to provoke him into continuing a war that is clearly impossible for Russia to win.
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The horrific developments in Ukraine further indicate Russia’s complete unpreparedness for actual war despite President Vladimir Putin’s pre-war grandstanding. On Tuesday, the US Director of National Intelligence said in testimony to Congress, “We assess Moscow underestimated the strength of Ukraine’s resistance and the degree of internal military challenges we are observing, which include an ill-constructed plan, morale issues and considerable logistical issues.”
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