The biggest twists in Russia-Ukraine war in 2023
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Russia faced infighting among its forces as ministry generals and mercenary forces butted heads, but Ukraine did not manage to make the gains it promised.
The tumultuous developments this year left Russia in a lurch and scrambling at times for allies, munitions and soldiers to keep the war effort going; meanwhile, Ukraine failed to make the gains that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had promised, forcing a switch to more unsavory tactics. Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, is shown at an unknown location on Aug. 21, 2023. (Razgruzka_Vagnera telegram channel via AP) Yevgeny Prigozhin, right, shows Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin his school lunch factory outside Saint Petersburg on Sept. 20, 2010. (Alexey Druzhinin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images) Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the Wagner Group military company, looks on from a military vehicle in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on June 24, 2023. (AP Photo/File) A portrait of Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin is placed on his grave at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) This image shows the crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Russia, on Aug. 23, 2023. Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin was onboard. (Ostorozhno Novosti via AP) A member of the Wagner Group pays tribute to owner Yevgeny Prigozhin and lieutenant Dmitry Utkin at a makeshift memorial in front of the PMC Wagner office in Novosibirsk, Russia, on Aug. 24, 2023. (Vladimir Nikolayev/AFP) (Getty Images) Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk speaks during the funeral ceremony for pilot Andrii Pilshchykov in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Dmytro Larin /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) President Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, at the White House on Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Damaged cars are seen after shelling amid the Russian-Ukraine war in the Nemyshlyanskyi district of the Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, on June 26, 2022. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
Here are some of the biggest developments this year that ensured the invasion will remain one of Russia’s greatest embarrassments while raising some uncomfortable questions for Ukraine’s own efforts.
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