Putin humiliated as Russian pundit gives rare assessment of war - 'we'll fall apart'

a Russian pundit admitted that the Kremlin is not winning the war with Ukraine (Image: Getty)

Vladmir Putin has been left red faced after a Russian pundit said on TV that the Kremlin is not yet winning his unlawful full-scale war with Ukraine. Speaking on ‘The Meeting Place’ talk show aired by Gazprom Media channel NTV, Vadim Gasanov, a documentary filmmaker, frankly said that Ukraine is “successfully resisting”.

Before declaring war on Ukraine in 2022, many international analysts thought Ukraine would collapse quickly or offer limited resistance. However, this has been far from the reality, with Russia making limited territorial gains at enormous human cost. Since February 2022, Russian forces are believed to have suffered nearly 1.2 million casualties, more losses than any major power in any war since World War 2. Russia, much like Ukraine, doesn't release a bulletin of its war casualties.

The pundit added that “as a country, Ukraine has every opportunity to continue its resistance and it is successfully resisting”.

Russian forces are advancing at between a sluggish 15 and 70 meters per day in their most prominent offensives, slower than nearly any major offensive campaign in any war in the last century. 

The pundit said Ukraine can see Russia is 'having major difficulties on the front' (Image: Getty)

He continued: “Once again Ukraine is not defeated. More than that, the Ukrainian society, regardless of what is being written about it, 82% want the conflict to end. 

He said: “President Putin is trying to break the people of Ukraine, hoping to weaken their resolve. But Ukraine and the Ukrainian people have shown time and again that they will not be broken.”