Why Putin Thinks Russia Has the Upper Hand

As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, the Russian leader projects confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms. It’s the result of a yearslong re-engineering of his country’s military and economy. World New York Times
By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Josh Holder, Paul Sonne and Oleg Matsnev from NYT World https://ift.tt/ornqbYG
August 13, 2025 at 02:00PM