Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu until October to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Institute for the Study of War reports, citing an insider source.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu until October to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the Institute for the Study of War reports, citing an insider source.
The funniest part is that Putin’s probably trying to time it so that the rainy season, which generally slows operations down (as it did last year, and in both world wars), so I read it as him trying to give an order that’s effectively a self-fulfilling prophecy. If the weather slows things down like it usually does, everything is going to plan and “orders are being followed”.
Suffice to say I hope that the rainy season in Ukraine this autumn is a light one.