WHO HAS PUTIN’S EAR? INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S INNER CIRCLE Even for a leader as cloistered as Vladimir Putin, the torrent of bad news from Ukraine should be impossible to ignore. The Russian army’s ra
WHO HAS PUTIN’S EAR? INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S INNER CIRCLE Even for a leader as cloistered as Vladimir Putin, the torrent of bad news from Ukraine should be impossible to ignore. The Russian army’s ra
WHO HAS PUTIN’S EAR? INSIDE THE PRESIDENT’S INNER CIRCLE
Even for a leader as cloistered as Vladimir Putin, the torrent of bad news from Ukraine should be impossible to ignore.
The Russian army’s rapid retreat from Kyiv last week has made clear the scale of its failure, leaving behind the bodies of Russian soldiers and the burnt-out carcasses of hundreds of tanks and other military vehicles. The goal of a knockout blow against Kyiv has been abandoned and Russia is facing the toughest sanctions ever enacted against a superpower.
Was it misinformation from a cadre of yes-men that led the Russian leader down this path? That is what US and European intelligence argued last week, saying the Kremlin leader is now raging at his advisers, in particular the military leadership that got him into this mess. “His senior advisers are too afraid to tell him the truth,” said Kate Bedingfield, director of communications at the White House.
The response from the Kremlin was predictable.
