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Putin is keeping a low profile because he is "uncertain of his ability to shape the Russian information space," according to the Institute for the Study of War.
The Russian president recently canceled his address to parliament as well as an open forum with members of the public, the first time he's done so in a decade.
The Kremlin is moving hastily to stage sham votes on annexing the regions of Ukraine its forces still control, after Kyiv’s military drove Russian troops from large areas of territory taken in their seven-month-old invasion.