Putin 'fooled by generals' in claims of war success

RUSSIA has about a million casualties since invading Ukraine, yet Vladimir Putin thinks he is winning.

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Western sources believe Putin’s generals are hiding the scale of the carnage and instead are giving him an “optimistic” picture of what is happening.

Russia's economy is creaking after three years of conflict, with oil income far below what the despot needs to fund his war machine, analysts believe.