Russian president Vladimir Putin’s announcement on September 21, 2022, to call up roughly 300,000 military reservists is a sign of desperation. As newly released CSIS battlefield maps indicate, Ukrainian forces have thus far conducted an effective counterattack that has reconquered roughly 3,700 square miles, slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut. Over the course of
WASHINGTON We have not seen the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, riding around the Russian countryside on horseback and shirtless lately, have we? In fact, much of the time, he is photographed seated at the end of a very long table in the Kremlin, and he appears to be almost alone. Though it is possible that the guys seated furtively way at the end of his table could be members of his security detail. With whom does he communicate nowadays? With whom does he take his meals? Is he actually the lonely figure that he seems to be?
WASHINGTON We have not seen the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, riding around the Russian countryside on horseback and shirtless lately, have we? In fact, much of the time, he is photographed seated at the end of a very long table in the Kremlin, and he appears to be almost alone. Though it is possible that the guys seated furtively way at the end of his table could be members of his security detail. With whom does he communicate nowadays? With whom does he take his meals? Is he actually the lonely figure that he seems to be?
WASHINGTON We have not seen the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, riding around the Russian countryside on horseback and shirtless lately, have we? In fact, much of the time, he