 Russia is preparing to retreat in Ukraine. The Russian Federation cannot fight as before and is preparing to retreat. Therefore, the leaders of Wagner Yevgeny Prigazin and Dmitry Utkin were killed, and the former leader of the Donbass separatists, Igor Strelkov, was taken into custody. This was said by the famous Russian human rights activist, Vladimir Osechkin. The system is falling apart at the seams. The system is tired. The system cannot continue to fight in the volume he started in the spring and summer of 2022. There are problems with ammunition, with a large number of people who do not want to serve in the army, requiring evacuation. Therefore, I personally see here that the system is preparing to retreat. I don't want to be super optimistic and say that the war will end tomorrow. But it is clear that Russia cannot conduct the war in the same format as it was six months ago, Osechkin said. According to experts, Russians will be moved to positions they hope will be easier to defend. Ukraine will have to decide whether, when, and how to keep pushing.