MSNBC Morning Joe June 4, 2024 10:16:00
I think it is a pr stunt for him, for his internal audience. remember, jonathan, more than 15,000 russian troops have died in this campaign already over the last 70 days. that's the entirety of the amount of russian forces, soviet forces, that were lost during their multi-year campaign in afghanistan. so he has a very bad story on his hands. as russian mothers and fathers and siblings and even children grieve the losses of their fallen countrymen, i think it's incumbent on putin to try to reverse the tide of that narrative. because as word of that gets out, even though there are only trickles ...