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Russia Puffs Up Its Chest As Putin’s Ukraine Campaign Falters

Putin may give an address later on Tuesday.

TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a hall prior to a meeting with his Belarus' counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL... TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin stands in a hall prior to a meeting with his Belarus' counterpart at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

September 20, 2022 11:49 a.m.

Facing serious defeats in Ukraine, the Kremlin is putting on a high-stakes show on Tuesday with what seems to be a clear objective: moving Russia closer to total war in its invasion of Ukraine.

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