NEW: Putin is leveraging long-range strikes against Ukrainian cities, aggressive rhetorical campaigns, & excessive pessimism in the West about the battlefield situation in Ukraine to degrade Ukrainian morale & convince the West that a Russian victory in Ukraine is inevitable🧵1/7 isw.pub/UkrWar052525

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