Fmr. NATO general: Putin has 9 month window to win the war

Russia gains ground as it focuses its offensive and its deep resources in men and material begin to show

A resurgent Russian army refocused its hitherto lumbering efforts to claim Ukraine’s east, making its first significant advances there in the 13th week of the war.

Russian forces re-launched offensives at three main points surrounding a spearhead of Ukrainian defenders, at Izyum to the north, Severdonetsk to the east, and Popanska to the south.

At Popansk…