Cracks are beginning to show in Vladimir Putin's aura of omnipotence

The balance has tipped in favour of Ukraine. And this, I think, is just another of the pressures on Putin. He's got to demonstrate to people in Moscow why it's worth continuing the war and that they are going to ultimately win. And he said, at the parade, drawing a comparison with victory in the Great Patriotic War, that we are going to win. But I think there is scepticism in Russia...the cutting off of the internet and the telegram channel has caused a lot of criticism in Moscow and St Petersburg. So that's another source of criticism that's going. We mustn't catastrophize this, this isn't necessarily the beginning of the end, but if Ukraine suffered its worst moment over the winter, I think Russia is suffering its worst moment just about now."