Far from restoring Russia’s great-power status, the Ukraine war has left Russia stretched so thin that it has repeatedly failed to fulfill its commitments to partners and allies. With even Russia's closest friends hedging their bets, the Kremlin's ability to project power and shape world affairs has been severely weakened.
NEW YORK—Since launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not only failed to achieve the military victory he craved. He has also undermined a slew of other relationships he spent decades building, leaving Russia more isolated than it has been since the earliest days of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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