Putin’s Russia struggles for response to Ukrainian blitz


              A man stands in front of a display of destroyed Russian tanks and armored vehicles near St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, member of the Executive Committee of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Umar Kremlev attend an opening of the new International Sambo and Boxing centre at the Luzhniki Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on economic issues via teleconference call in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
            
              The newly opened, largest Ferris wheel in Europe at VDNKh (The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) is seen during celebration of the Moscow City Day in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Moscow celebrates the 875th anniversary of the city's founding. (Moscow News Agency/Press Service of the Mayor and Government of Moscow via AP)
            
              Fireworks explode over the Ivan the Great Bell Tower inside the Moscow Kremlin during the celebration of Moscow City Day in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, for the 875th anniversary of the city's founding. (AP Photo/Maxim Marmur)
            
              A Ukrainian soldier passes by a Russian tank damaged in a battle in a just freed territory on the road to Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP Photo)
            
              Two women walk by rusted hedgehogs once put in the streets to block tanks and the Independence Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)