“He has to show some kind of victory because a defeat would be a sign of weakness.”
Putin’s respect stems from a vision of “competence and strength”, meaning Putin must achieve something from the war in Ukraine, former BBC correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse tells #TimesRadio
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