(MOSCOW) – Vladimir Putin has conceded he has no clear strategy to end the war in Ukraine, in what analysts describe as the most revealing admission of his four-year campaign. Speaking at a government meeting on 21 April, the Russian dictator stated: “We know how this will end. But we will not make any public statements on the matter.” The remark functions equally as a hollow promise of victory and an implicit admission of defeat. Putin is now trapped between two catastrophes. One is a rapid collapse triggered by freezing the conflict and attempting to survive the political fallout. The…