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Winter is coming, and Putin is failing
Posted By Carl Bildt on September 21, 2022 @ 11:00
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[1] speeches: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/24/putins-speech-declaring-war-on-ukraine-translated-excerpts/
[2] committed: https://theweek.com/russo-ukrainian-war/1011404/putin-has-committed-75-percent-of-russias-total-military-to-the-ukraine
[3] counteroffensive: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/13/ukraine-reclaim-control-of-kharkiv-and-towns-seized-at-onset-of-russian-invasion
[4] determined defence: https://www.vox.com/2014/9/3/18088560/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know
[5] failed: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/3/ukraine-retakes-whole-kyiv-region-as-russian-troops-pull-back
[6] war crimes: https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas
[7] shifted their focus: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/luhansk-governor-says-russia-will-shift-main-focus-donetsk-region-2022-07-04/
[8] entire Black Sea coastline: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/world/europe/odesa-ukraine-putin-russia.html
[9] limited: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/3/russia-losing-the-war-in-ukraine-and-uniting-the-west-analysts
[10] prolonged war of attrition: https://www.economist.com/interactive/europe/2022/08/24/six-months-of-war-in-ukraine
[11] counteroffensive: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/5/ukraine-claims-battlefield-victories-during-counteroffensive#:~:text=Ukraine%20began%20the%20counteroffensive%20last,Ukrainian%20military%20said%20on%20Monday.
[12] assault: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/12/ukraines-counterattack-around-kharkiv-inflicts-defeat-on-russia.html
[13] mood in Moscow: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/05/russia-war-public-opinion/
[14] not possible: https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/09/07/my-country-right-or-wrong-russian-public-opinion-on-ukraine-pub-87803
[15] one commentator: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/08/we-have-already-lost-far-right-russian-bloggers-slam-kremlin-over-army-response
[16] official Russian media: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/13/how-are-pro-kremlin-russian-media-portraying-ukraines-victories
[17] continues to insist: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/13/how-russia-could-react-after-its-humiliating-defeats-in-ukraine.html
[18] cutting energy supplies: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/06/energy-crisis-why-has-russia-cut-off-gas-supplies-to-europe.html
[19] 40% to 9%: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/ov/speech_22_5493
[20] €5 billion: https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-needs-5-billion-monthly-to-keep-its-economy-afloat-imf-chief-says-11650478127