As Russia’s war against Ukraine nears its third year, a turning point seems imminent, with the balance of power likely to shift not in Russia’s favor. Factors such as intensified international backing for Ukraine, successful Ukrainian strikes on Russian military targets, and Russia’s domestic economic struggles are reshaping the war’s trajectory.
From: Euromaiden Press BY THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION
Article by: Pavel K.Baev
Source: Jamestown Foundation
Stalemate is presently used most often to describe the current state of Russia’s war against Ukraine these days. Fighting along the frontlines, however, is quite fluid and may be approaching a major turn. President Vladimir Putin remains defiantly confident that Russian forces are making steady progress. He made his first trip in the new year to the Far East to boast of those successes and advertise the economic achievements of the region, which remains chronically depressed. His inspection of a greenhouse in Chukotka hardly reassured many families in the Moscow region suffering from extreme cold without access to heating and electricity. Last winter, one of Putin’s favorite tropes was that the deep freeze in Europe had been caused by the continent’s discontinued consumption of Russian gas supplies. This winter, he has avoided the subject as Europe has adjusted to the new realities of war while many Russian cities continue to be adversely affected. Moscow’s struggle with providing adequate heating and electricity for its population points to Putin’s increasingly dubious attempts to pretend that his war is not coming home to ordinary Russians and disrupting their everyday lives.
Voice of Ukraine 