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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ryan Merrifield

Putin's misfiring Ukraine invasion 'worryingly mirrors 1990s Grozny comeback victory'

Vladimir Putin's 'misfiring' Ukraine invasion is actually mirroring Russia's successful occupation of Grozny in the 1990s, an expert has warned.

Analysts are comparing the Kremlin leader to a misinformed and cornered rat who is more dangerous now than he was at the start of the war five weeks ago.

The ex-KGB intelligence officer might begin to draw hope from his country's historical turnaround during the Chechen War in 1995, it is claimed.

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