Good morning to readers, from southern Ukraine.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but as we approach 300 days of war, there are no signs that it will end soon.
The NYT reports Putin is ready to accept 300k troop casualties, or ~3x more than current estimates.
NYT piece is well worth your time.
A mix of first-person perspective of Russian soldiers ...
and from Oleg Tsaryov, which US intelligence ID'd as a potential leader the Kremlin could install in Ukraine:
"We're losing... We've already lost it."
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/16/world/europe/russia-putin-war-failures-ukraine.html
Tim Mak
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