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FOX NewsNov 23, 2022
Day 225 Roundup: Putin Appears to Acknowledge Losses as Ukraine Retakes Three More Settlements in Kherson
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The Facts
On Wednesday, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin appeared to acknowledge the extent of the country's losses in annexed regions of Ukraine, telling teachers during a televised video call: "We are working on the assumption that the situation in the new territories will stabilize."
It came as Ukraine reported a breakthrough in the southern Kherson region - one of the territories annexed by Moscow this week - with forces claiming they had liberated eight settlements in the region in the span of a day. In his nightly address, Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed the liberation of three further settlements - Novovoskresenske, Novohryhorivka and Petropavlivka – in Kherson.
The Spin
Anti-Russia narrative
Putin started this illegal war that has jeopardized the world's energy security, and he is now threatening the deployment of nuclear weapons. One thing is clear - Putin has to go and the US and its allies must be steadfast in calling for regime change in Russia.
Pro-Russia narrative
American officials are continuing to escalate this conflict, thereby increasing the prospect of a global war between Russia and the West. Why is no one calling for the West to take accountability and stabilize the situation by improving bilateral relations with Russia?