WSJ: Putin relies on hand-picked information feeding into his | The Kyiv Independent

WSJ: Putin relies on hand-picked information feeding into his miscalculations on Ukraine war.

The Wall Street Journal interviewed several current and former Russian officials and people close to the Kremlin who broadly described Vladimir Putin as an isolated leader who was "unable, or unwilling, to believe that Ukraine would successfully resist."

Putin starts his day with a written briefing on the war with information "carefully calibrated to emphasize successes and play down setbacks," according to the Wall Street Journal's sources.