Russia's President Vladimir Putin has often been regarded by political analysts as a calculating strategist - and with a measure of grudging admiration at times.
But in the week since his troops invaded Ukraine on Feb 24 seeking to arrest its alignment with the West, some of those perceptions have undergone a transformation.
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