“And yet, he hadn’t declared victory. Why?”
Read up on his speech last week.
“Read up on his speech last week.
I did. Here’s an excerpt:
“A watershed moment for our country’
“I am making this address at a time which we all know is a difficult, watershed moment for our country, a time of cardinal, irreversible changes around the world, the most important historic events that will shape the future of our country and our people, when each of us bears a colossal responsibility.””
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/21/putins-speech-on-the-state-of-war-what-exactly-did-he-say
His speech was an effort to put lipstick on a pig