Last I heard, Putin was hiding out in one of his palatial "secret" private residences in the woods somewhere. Evidently, the Kremlin wasn't feeling as comfy as it used to.
With the recent 'bayonet ballot' in Donbas, the Russians are going to out-and-out annex that area and claim it is now native Russian soil. That will make taking it back extremely difficult.
Last I heard, Putin was hiding out in one of his palatial "secret" private residences in the woods somewhere. Evidently, the Kremlin wasn't feeling as comfy as it used to.
With the recent 'bayonet ballot' in Donbas, the Russians are going to out-and-out annex that area and claim it is now native Russian soil. That will make taking it back extremely difficult.
No one else recognizes it as such, and the Ukrainians have said it’s still theirs and plan to continue fighting for it. We shall see.