Ukraine's turnaround has been so potent and swift that Moscow’s propaganda machine had no time to send out the new script.
against officers and officials who had claimed, from the start of the war, that Ukrainians wouldn’t fight back, that Russian forces wouldn’t bomb cities, and that victory would be quick and certain.No one dared criticize President Vladimir Putin for these perfidies; he remains untouchable to anyone who doesn’t want to wind up in prison.
Now things have shifted in Ukraine’s favor. The swing is dramatic, but not necessarily definitive. For one thing, the fog of this war is particularly thick; there is so much that independent analysts and journalists can’t yet see.
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