With his rare admission that Ukraine’s drone campaign has created “problems” for Russia, Vladimir Putin has sought to appear responsive to public concern about the war.
But that has done little to obscure the Russian president’s all-consuming focus on the invasion — and his determination to end it only on maximalist terms unacceptable to Kyiv.
Putin’s determination to press on despite mounting public discontent has exposed a dilemma before September’s parliamentary elections in Russia: keep insulating himself from the war’s fallout or confront it in an attempt to shore up the ruling party.
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