Analysts Question Accuracy of Putin’s Intel From Ukraine Frontlines

Volunteers pass an improvised path under a destroyed bridge as they evacuate an elderly resident in Irpin, some 16 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 11, 2022. Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo

Analysts are observing how well informed Russian President Vladimir Putin is of the real situation in Ukraine, over concerns that he could be making decisions in the war without accurate updates as information filters through the ranks, said Odessa-based Volodymyr Dubovyk, an associate professor with the Center for International Studies at Ukraine’s Mechnikov National University.

“He might really think that Russians are winning, having an upper hand in Ukraine,” Dubovyk said of Putin’s view of the conflict from Moscow.