Ha ha! Putin recognizes he has no victory to celebrate.

[C Moon]

(CNN)Vladimir Putin "has recognized he has no victory to celebrate," US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield told CNN in response to the lack of a major escalatory announcement in the Russian President's "Victory Day" speech Monday.

But the Russian leader also gave no indication that he plans to end the war in Ukraine, she cautioned.
In the first reaction from a Biden administration official to Putin's speech, Thomas-Greenfield noted to CNN that Putin did not use his remarks to announce a withdrawal from Ukraine -- which would have been welcomed by the United States -- which signals that Putin's war will continue.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/09/politics/linda-thomas-greenfield-vladimir-putin-victory-day/index.html

[empedocles]

1. Relative silence may well feel conspicuous to the putin citizenry