Russia takes stock after failed winter offensive in Ukraine
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2022, destroyed Russian armored vehicles line the street in the city of Bucha, west of Kyiv. Russian forces pulled back from the commuter town northwest of the capital on March 31, 2022, just over one month after President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine.
As spring arrives, the two armies are deadlocked with troops stretching from the shores of the Black Sea to northeast Ukraine -- and the Kremlin has once again been forced to take the long view after failing to make a breakthrough.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be committed for the long haul and will have to fight a "war of resources", former Ukrainian defence minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk said, adding that Ukraine's battered economy is "not recovering".
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Russia announced its winter offensive in Ukraine with great fanfare, but the ill-fated campaign has been another disappointment for Moscow.
