Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin ‘is being misled by his own generals’ as Zelensky warns he could strike again - Putin believes his forces can achieve his goals despite Russia’s battlefield performance steadily declining in 2026,

Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict. He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is winning the war,

Europe’s support, says Katarina Mathernova, the EU ’s ambassador to Ukraine, “has been more resilient than we could have dared imagine”. Yet although Europe’s takeover gives it leverage, ministers and officials acknowledge that their governments are still groping towards a strategy that goes beyond maintaining Ukraine’s survival.

The warning by the President's senior government officials is the most serious sign of internal division in the Kremlin since their forces invaded Ukraine.

War is never only a military question. The military question goes far beyond the logistics of warfare, or even geopolitics. In shades of grey, it reveals what our societies are, what they will be, and what they aspire to be.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Ukraine war won't end until NATO reduces its military footprint in Eastern Europe, a senior Russian official has said.

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