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NEW: Putin articulated a theory of victory in Ukraine that assumes that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition. (🧵1/6) pic.twitter.com/lctz9eocDZ

❗️President Zelenskyy: “A significant outcome is that the Russian army failed to execute their Kharkiv operation. We are now restraining them as much as possible and destroying any Russian units that enter our land and terrorize the #Kharkiv Oblast.”

To win a war of attrition against Ukrainian armed forces—that is #Russia’s most recent plan for continuing the war. It was stated by Vladimir #Putin during his speech in St. Petersburg, ISW reported.

Putin is running out of time to achieve a breakthrough in Ukraine - Bloomberg Russia's attempt to open a new front in the northeastern Kharkiv region seems to have reached a dead end without achieving its goal of creating a buffer zone along the border, the publication said. pic.twitter.com/21ZSttZivK