Reuters
Putin ignores setbacks in Ukraine and brags about Russia’s weapons skills
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow was ready to sell advanced weapons to allies worldwide and cooperate in developing military technology, nearly six months after the war in Ukraine in which its military underperformed expectations. With the Russian leader’s forces beaten back from Ukraine’s two largest cities and making slow progress, at great expense, in the east of the country, the war so far has not proved a convincing showcase for Russia’s arms industry. But the Kremlin leader, addressing a weapons show outside Moscow, insisted that Russia’s weapons were years ahead of the competition.
