Perhaps more important

Perhaps more important, the narrative of Russian martial prowess and acumen—earned from a series of unconventional warfare actions during the 2010s—was damaged as the world witnessed exceedingly poor performance in high-intensity, state-to-state combat. Putin has somewhat masked this catastrophe by portraying a durable global military relevance for Russia in naval exercises off Japan, launches of intercontinental hypersonic cruise missiles, and the sustained presence of Wagner Group mercenaries ufabet