Military briefing: Russia's narrowing advantage in Ukraine
Gunners from the 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire at a Russian position with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 “Bohdana” in the Kharkiv region on April 21, 2024. Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP
After Congress approved a long-delayed $61bn in US military aid to Ukraine last week, Russia gloated that advanced western weapons would not turn the tide on the battlefield.
More than at any point since Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine two years ago, Russia’s president appears “very self-assured and happy” in recent months, said a person who knows him well. “Let’s see if the military aid changes that.”