He’s losing slowly, the U.S. has carefully threaded the needle between aid and escalation, and when it comes down to it—the Russian tyrant doesn’t want to die.
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin has loudly and repeatedly warned that he could use nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine. But Putin has now suffered three major strategic defeats, losing the battles for Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson.