https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-s-longest-serving-aide-urges-him-to-stop-ukraine-war-ahead-of-trump-meeting/ar-AA1Kn0ow

Sign that is going really bad. Putin's trusted advisor, Dimitry KOZAK has told Putin he has to end the war immediately. Before the Trump meeting!
No one would dare say this unless war was going really bad!