This week, the Russian defense ministry announced a shift in its stated military objectives in Ukraine as has been widely reported. Russian forces, the ministry’s spokesman claimed, would “drastically reduce” their assault on Kyiv and Chernihiv (however, this has yet to materialize) and concentrate on seizing the Donbas. Independent Russian news site *Meduza spoke to … Continuă lectura Meduza: Inside the Kremlin. What does Putin hope to achieve now, and what is the mood in Russia