As casualties soar in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin looks ever more beleaguered at home
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Russia suffers huge casualties, but its new drone-powered assault is working
Amid festivals and flowers the capital is far from the war
He bets on a military breakthrough or a Trump-brokered stitch-up
But Vladimir Putin will keep fighting, and claiming victory prematurely
Even at an accelerated recent pace, seizing Ukraine’s eastern regions would take more than two years
His killing machine has been told to deliver a glorious victory at any cost
