Ukraine Conflict Casts Shadow on Russia as It Enters 2023

Ukraine Conflict Casts Shadow on Russia as It Enters 2023 https://ift.tt/qW0tLPe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address to the nation usually is rather anodyne and backed with a soothing view of a snowy Kremlin. Putin lashed out at the West and Ukraine this year with Russian soldiers in the background. The conflict in Ukraine cast a long shadow as Russia entered 2023.