For years, Putin has presented his modernization of Russia’s armaments as his main achievements, but now he recognizes that he did not even do that. https://t.co/yaTbyEBsce Quoted tweet from @courtneywmh: #Putin’s comment suggests he seeks to shift blame for failures in #Ukraine not only to the military, but also to weapons producers. Yet, the main strategic blunder was the decision by the Kremlin’s ex-KGB cohort to invade. reuters.com/world/europe/p…