Albert Mohler: Putin Looks at an End Game on Ukraine
Townhall Review | Conservative Commentary On Today's News
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
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Summary
With the background of Russia's invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine, recently this astounding headline from the BBC:
“Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict coming to an end.”
Now for perspective: Just consider last weekend's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow. It commemorates the end of World War II
What's notable this year is not what happened, but what didn't happen.
Russia couldn't afford to hold the parade as usual because Ukraine, as it turns out, has been so ingenious and so aggressive with its use of drones that Putin couldn't afford to hold that kind of military parade in Moscow. It would've been one giant magnet for a massive undertaking and attack by Ukraine.
This is a game changer.
Russia has now lost 350,000 men.
If you're a strong man, an autocrat in this kind of system, you have to appear strong and invincible.
You can't be a political strongman and a leader that gets into this kind of quagmire.
Putin is running out of time. Russians know it and Vladimir Putin knows it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Albert Mola for townhall.com. With the background of Russia's invasion and ongoing war against Ukraine, recently this astounding headline from the BBC. |
| 0:10.9 | Quote, Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict coming to an end. Now, for perspective, just consider last weekend's annual Victory Day parade in Moscow. |
| 0:19.7 | It commemorates the end of World War II. What's notable |
| 0:22.7 | this year is not what happened, but what didn't happen. Russia couldn't afford to hold the parade as |
| 0:27.3 | usual because Ukraine, as it turns out, has been so ingenious and so aggressive with its use of |
| 0:32.3 | drones that Putin couldn't afford to hold that kind of military parade. It would have been |
| 0:36.4 | one giant magnet for a |
| 0:37.9 | massive undertaking and attack by Ukraine. This is a game changer. Russia has now lost 350,000 men. |
| 0:44.9 | If you're a strong man, an autocrat in this kind of system, you have to appear strong and invincible. |
| 0:49.7 | You can't be a political strong man and a leader that gets into this kind of quagmire. |
| 0:54.1 | Putin is running out of time. Russians know it and Vladimir Putin knows it. |
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