Russia is hollow.
Russia is hollow.
Putin thought a victory within 3 days to two weeks was inevitable already in February of 2022. Every day since then he has been proven wrong, and he will continue to be proven wrong until he goes, willing or not, to his grave.
The Kremlin is trying to convince the West that Russia will inevitably achieve its war goals on the battlefield, such that Ukraine should concede to Russian demands and the West should therefore cease its support of Ukraine.
The Kremlin's presentation of territorial gains statistics ignores the significant losses that Russia is incurring and the gradual, creeping nature of Russia's advances β painting an incomplete picture of Russian performance on the battlefield.
Russia launched another large-scale combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of August 29 to 30 β the third combined strike with over 500 drones and missiles since the August 15 US-Russia summit in Alaska.
The Kremlin appears to be setting conditions to demote a senior Kremlin official who reportedly advised Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent months to end the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces continue to strike Russian military and energy infrastructure in Russia.
Russian Investigative Committee Chairperson Alexander Bastrykin will stay in his current position for another year, following reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin was considering moving Bastrykin to a new position.
An unknown assailant shot and killed former Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chairperson Andriy Parubiy in Lviv City on August 30. A Russian servicemember recently murdered an elderly Ukrainian civilian in the Pokrovsk direction.