WORLD_ War’s biggest supporters turn on Putin as Russians retreat in Ukraine

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

War’s biggest supporters turn on Putin as Russians retreat in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) military exercise in far eastern Russia, outside Vladivostok, on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022. The weeklong exercise that began Thursday is intended to showcase growing defense ties between Russia and China ... more >


By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times - Monday, September 12, 2022


Russian President Vladimir Putin faced calls to resign from some former strong supporters Monday as his troops were pushed back to their border by a crushing Ukrainian counteroffensive that has retaken strategically key cities and dealt a massive blow to the morale of the Russian army.

The Ukrainian advance swept through the country’s northeast at lightning speed, recapturing Kharkiv and more than 20 small towns and settlements nearby. Western military observers said the counteroffensive took control of an area about twice the size of London over the past five days in Ukraine’s most significant battlefield victory since it repelled Russia’s assault on Kyiv in the early weeks of the war.

For Mr. Putin, embarrassing reports of Russian troops in full-blown retreat and scores of others reportedly taken prisoner by Ukrainian fighters have sparked severe, almost unprecedented blowback at home. The Kremlin has mostly kept a tight lid on dissent throughout its nearly 7-month-old campaign in Ukraine, but the criticism broke through as dozens of local Russian officials reportedly signed a petition demanding that Mr. Putin step down and accept responsibility for the battlefield failures.

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