The only option left to him is to deliver the victory he promised to his citizens, who are becoming more and more distrusting of almost everything the Kremlin is doing.
Eight years later, four more regions have been incorporated into the Russian space after a series of referendums the West has condemned as a sham.
By controlling the mouth of the river Russia is denying Ukraine an important trading route and transit corridor.Pictured is the severely damaged Kerch bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula to Russia, which was severely damaged by a massive explosion over the weekend. Picture: Security Service of Ukraine / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe self-styled annexation gives Russia an instant population boost of some five to six million out of the 8.
As I argued in my last analysis late last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has just two months to regain control over the lost territories before the Russian military mobilises battle-ready reservists. More urgently, Putin and his government has struggled to explain to his own people how Russian troops keep retreating from territories he declared as their own and promised to defend.The prospect of a political dialogue with Kyiv is gone.
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