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.