Analysis: A Cornered Putin Is More Dangerous Than Ever - posted at 12:49:34 UTC via nytimes.com
Analysis: A Cornered Putin Is More Dangerous Than Ever posted at 12:49:34 UTC via nytimes.com live Updates Photos Maps Why the Donbas Matters Costs of the War Continue reading the main story Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. By calling up roughly 300,000 reservists to fight, and abandoning the objective of demilitarizing and “de-Nazifying” Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia acknowledged the reality and growing resistance of a unified Ukraine.Credit...Pool photo by Gavriil Grigorov Sept. 21, 2022, 8:25 a.m. ET PARIS — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in a speech on Wednesday that was a reminder of how easily the war in Ukraine could spread, doubled down on his nuclear threat, accused the West of seeking to “destroy” his country, and suggested that Ukrainians are mere pawns of the “military machine of the collective West.” In a videotaped address to the nation, he effectively concede
