If true, Putin really is akin to Hitler. This is so unbelievable that it probably is true. And it also explains the stubborness of Russian troops to execute the orders they receive. A battalion gets wiped out on a river bank, no problem, send another battalion. It's 1939 all over again.
The Guardian: Putin involved in war ‘at level of colonel or brigadier’, say western sources
The Russian president is helping determine the movement of forces in the Donbas, they added, where last week the invaders suffered a bloody defeat as they tried on multiple occasions to cross a strategic river in the east of Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...estern-sources