Putin appears to be scrambling to satisfy critics before New Year

Russia is on pace to have fatality No. 100,000 in the war on Thursday.

The think tank Institute for the Study of War released its daily analysis of the war, stating that Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu acknowledged their country's shortcomings in the 10 months of war. The two headlined the Russian Ministry of Defense Collegium in Moscow, where the war in Ukraine was the paramount discussion.

The war began February 24 this year after more than a month of Russia mobilizing along the Ukraine border and conducting military drills with Belarus shortly before the invasion of Ukraine. It's been close to a year since Russia began positioning troops along Ukraine's northern and western borders in late January while it also conducted military with neighboring Belarus. Russia attacked Ukraine on February 24 this year and there have been heavy casualties on both sides.

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