I have lost count, how many times now has he run out of options?
Sure seems like there are a lot of options to run out of.
Putin imagined 3 days to take Kyiv and 3 weeks to rule Ukraine.
That didn’t happen and everything since then has gone badly for him. He doesn’t have options to achieve what he set out to do. He is in retreat just lashing out inefficiently trying to just kill Ukrainians because he is an a-hole, but no step ever closer to not losing the war.
A lot of people are very disappointed because Russia revealed they’re just a dumb shithole.
He lost any options of getting out without egg on his face back in March 2022 When he lost the battle of Hostomel and Kyiv in March 2022, he should have retreated to the DPR/LPR. But he didn’t.
he had a second chance in June when he lost the battle for Mykolaiv, closing off any chance of making Ukraine land-locked. But he didn’t.
he had a third chance in September when he lost huge chunks of territory east of Kherson, closing off any chance of taking Ukraine east of the Dnieper. But he didn’t.
he had a fourth chance in November when he lost the battle for Kherson. But he didn’t.
he had a fifth chance in April this year when he gained Bakhmut - the first victory in 10 months (at a huge cost). he could have declared mission accomplished and left. But he didn’t.
Putin is the one prolonging the war as he has no out