The White House’s director of communications, Kate Bedingfield, stated on Friday, “We have seen undeniable evidence that this has been a strategic catastrophe for Russia.” It echoed an intelligence analysis released on Thursday by the UK Ministry of Defence, which stated Putin is redeploying hundreds of troops to Georgia to bolster his military’s faltering forces in Ukraine.
Because 1,200 to 2,000 Moscow soldiers are to be organised into three battalion tactical units, the MoD termed such a move as “very improbable” until obliged to do so due to “unexpected casualties.”
Ms Bedingfield, who appears to agree, stated that Putin is “trying to reframe the initial goals of their invasion.”
Ben Wallace, the UK Defence Secretary, has alluded to losses in the Russian military, suggesting that Putin is “not the force he used to be.”
The NATO estimate of 7,000 to 15,000 deaths among Russian soldiers, many of whom were novice conscripts, in the first month of the battle raises a number of unavoidable problems.
Putin’s “belief system” is being challenged for the first time, according to psychotherapist Noel McDermott, but with little result.
“Putin is contemplating all the c*** that he has been fed by his advisors who have been hesitant to tell him the truth,” he told Express.co.uk.
“He is like any other well-protected, affluent, privileged, entitled individual.”
“They surrounded themselves with individuals who rely on them for a living.”
“And that kind of privilege and prosperity, where your money and power shield you from repercussions, leads to an exaggerated magical sense of your own skills.”
“And this, I suppose, will be the first time in Putin’s life that he is facing repercussions for his conduct,” he said.
“They are repercussions from which his riches, privilege, and close circle cannot shield him.”
“I’m very sure, like any narcissist, he’s going to have a horrible collapse.”
In an interview with Sky News, UK Defence Secretary Mr Wallace said of Putin, “He has not only got to live with the implications of what he is doing to Ukraine, but he has also got to live with the ramifications of what he has done to his own army.”
“His force is depleted, and he has sustained severe casualties.”
Civilians and the infrastructure necessary for their existence cannot be purposefully targeted. It is one of the norms enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, as well as other international laws and accords, since, as the Red Cross puts it, “even war has rules.”
This week, the UK invited a former International Criminal Court (ICC) judge to assist Ukraine in investigating alleged Russian war crimes, which has been widely interpreted as a sign of hope that the Kremlin — and especially Putin — will pay for their acts.
The International Criminal Court (ICC), like the International Court of Justice (ICJ), plays a role in maintaining the norms of war.
Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against Moscow, and if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules against it, the UN Security Council (UNSC) would intervene.
Since World War II, there have been a number of one-time courts, such as the tribunal examining war crimes during Yugoslavia’s disintegration or the trial of those responsible for the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
