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The Independent UK
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Vladimir Putin has pushed his people to breaking point

It may not feel like it to the innocent people of Kyiv, targeted with ultra-powerful hypersonic missiles, but the latest round of bombardment is, if anything, a sign of Russian weakness.

If all that the Kremlin can do, after more than four years of its “special military operation”, is to murder, maim and terrorise Ukrainian civilians, it proves two things. First, that it is losing the military campaign on the ground and in the air. And, second, that Vladimir Putin is concerned about public opinion as elections for the State Duma approach.

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