Putin's Recent Visits Highlight Military Cooperation and Occupied Regions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited command posts of the Kremlin’s forces fighting in Ukraine in an apparent effort to rally his troops as the war approaches its 14th month and Kyiv readies a possible counteroffensive with Western-supplied weapons. Putin appeared to chair the meetings with his military top brass, and it was his second trip in two months to the Russian-occupied territories in the neighboring country. Putin’s trips to the military headquarters come as Ukraine is preparing for a new counteroffensive to reclaim the occupied territories.