#ukrainian-military-targeting

#ukrainian-military-targeting

Risky? Yes, but leaving them there was even more dangerous, and it would not otherwise have been possible to pick them up.

What many in the West perceived as a strategic blunder is increasingly seen in Moscow as a costly but necessary and ultimately successful gamble. As the all-out war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, Russian political elites remain convinced that their leader, Vladimir Putin, did not make a grave error by launching it in February 2022. Instead, they are looking back with a sense of achievement, and they have good reason to believe that the war is ending on their terms, perhaps even soon.

"pseudo-historical."