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Why does Zelenskyy feel confident enough to send a 'cheeky' letter to Putin

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s confidence in sending a provocative open letter to Vladimir Putin which Putin slammed as "rude" and international observers called "cheeky" stems from a mixture of shifting battlefield momentum, domestic Russian vulnerabilities, and a strategic diplomatic calculus.
By publicly taunting Putin about his age and failures, Zelenskyy sought to project Ukrainian resilience from a position of strength.

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