I'm pretty sure this is going to be Putin's last war. 20 years of military reform has been burned through in frankly the first 20 weeks of the conflict. Ukraine is acquiring a 21st century army just at the moment where actually Russia is beginning to do so basically, to only be able to field a 20th century army. It would take at least 10 years frankly in my opinion for Russia to be able to reconstitute its forces after the end of this war whenever it may be. So yeah, I don't think Putin's going to have another war in him. But again, who was going to tell Putin? You have written Mark that Putin likes to compare himself to Peter
Mark Galeotti is one of the world’s leading experts on modern Russia. His new book, Putin’s Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine, details how Vladimir Putin and his conflicts have shaped Russia in the 21st century. In conversation with the New Statesman’s Katie Stallard, Galeotti shows how Putin has used warfare through incursions into Georgia, Crimea and Ukraine, to influence both Russia’s domestic politics and the geopolitics that play out on the world stage.
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