RE:RE:How has Putin lost his war? Very good posts, Yasch. Nobody wins wars, but ths war is completely senseless. Putin has only succeeded in murdering Ukrainians and destroying their cities and infrastructure with endless missile strikes apparently targeting civilians seeking refuge or trying to escape. He must be so proud that 300 people, about half of whom were children, were killed in that Mariupol theatre that was clearly marked as a shelter for kids. He seems to be trying to break the will of the Ukrainians by the mass annihilation of non-military people, which is a war crime. At the same time thousands of his own troops are now dead and the Russian economy is suffering badly. NATO seems to be gelling, and most of the rest of the world supports Ukraine. This war is utterly heartbreaking, and nothing positive comes out of it.