Vladimir Putin and Putin's Russia appear to have missed the chance to win the war of attrition with Ukraine. And this can be considered a completely historical event, which until recently was difficult to imagine, which has yet to be comprehended and to the consequences of which Russia still has to get used to and adapt.

Vladimir Putin and Putin’s Russia appear to have missed their chance to secure victory in the war of attrition with Ukraine. This can be regarded as a genuinely historic development, one that would have been difficult to imagine until recently, that has yet to be fully comprehended, and to which Russia has yet to adapt.