Russian President Vladimir Putin held a marathon year-end press conference Thursday after skipping the annual ritual in 2022, when Ukraine’s counter-offensive appeared to be succeeding in thwarting Moscow’s plans of a quick campaign to take control of Kyiv. In Ep 1367 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta shares highlights from Putin’s answers, updates on the war nearly two years since it started, and where Ukraine’s biggest allies — US and Europe — stand.----more----https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/11/30/putin-seems-to-be-winning-the-war-in-ukraine-for-now----more----https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/world/europe/ukraine-under-pressure-russia.html----more----https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/world/europe/ukraine-under-pressure-russia.html----more----https://x.com/ianbremmer/status/1730367926988124209?s=20----more----https://twitter.com/swasrao/status/1730636418605871138?t=5tp9mW_tBZ2JBG0Ibs1o0Q&s=19