guest with us is already in touch - this is james sher , a senior researcher at the estonian institute of foreign policynational politics. greetings dear mr. sher, in the studio of the tv channel espresso, we understand that putin failed to achieve his strategic goals, and there is a feeling that the russian federation will prepare to go to a protracted war. of course, this is a question of resources, it is a question of resources, both equipment and personnel, on the other hand, we understand that putin urgently needs some so-called what kind of victories could he sell to his population and his general staff? putin's latest conversations, in particular with zolotov, show that putin has nothing that he could demonstrate. first of all, it should be noted that in zahidny in the ukrainian understanding, ukraine is winning. thank you. in our understanding of putin, it is still not so clear. ukraine has suffered very significant territorial losses, in particular along the black sea coast, as well as devastating economic losses due to the consequences of the establishment of the occupation regime. millions of