As he heads to Alaska for talks with President Trump, the Russian leader projects confidence that his edge on the battlefield will secure a peace deal on his terms. It’s the result of a yearslong re-engineering of his country’s military and economy. https://ift.tt/DBx0ob9 https://ift.tt/KFc8oOu World New York Times August 13, 2025 at 08:00PMWhy Putin Thinks Russia Has the Upper Hand

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