Blamage for Putin: Ukraine appears to have succeeded in recapturing strategic city of Kupyansk, scathing reactions in Russia

Christmas came with humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin. After claiming the capture of the strategic city of Kupyansk at his annual end-of-year press conference last week, saying that the remaining Ukrainian soldiers had “virtually no chance”, the Ukrainian army appears to have managed to recapture the city. The reactions among Russian military analysts are seething.

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