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Regarding morale, artillery-

[Tweet]https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1509587852409151492?s=20&t=uI-jttAtFhCsD1VEroBDlw[/tweet]

[Tweet]https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1509277843628466180?s=20&t=8uMtMsC0_Q5jyOGPgtaGxQ[/tweet]

And again, Russia is presently, a month into the war, losing territory to the Ukrainians. I don't think anybody would have predicted that at the start, but those are the facts on the ground.

Putin certainly did not start a war that will cripple his military for years in order to secure a land bridge to Crimea or take Mariupol or gain some more gas fields or coal mines. Calling those things war aims really buys into the shifting propaganda from Russia.

[dabigv13]

Regarding morale, artillery-

[Tweet]https://twitter.com/phildstewart/status/1509587852409151492?s=20&t=uI-jttAtFhCsD1VEroBDlw[/tweet]

[Tweet]https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1509277843628466180?s=20&t=8uMtMsC0_Q5jyOGPgtaGxQ[/tweet]

And again, Russia is presently, a month into the war, losing territory to the Ukrainians. I don't think anybody would have predicted that at the start, but those are the facts on the ground.

Putin certainly did not start a war that will cripple his military for years in order to secure a land bridge to Crimea or take Mariupol or gain some more gas fields or coal mines. Calling those things war aims really buys into the shifting propaganda from Russia.