Putin’s war of distraction in Moscow | ABC News Daily

There’s been an extraordinary counter-offensive in the war in Ukraine recently, with Ukrainian troops successfully retaking 3,000km2 of land and a key town in the northeast of the country. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Find ABC News Daily on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/NewsDaily The rapid gains, all in the Kharkiv region, have rapidly changed the battlefield. But in Russia, the advances have been largely ignored by President Vladimir Putin, whose propaganda machine is in overdrive. Today, correspondent with The New York Times, Valerie Hopkins, on life in Moscow, as the war rages on the other side of the border. Featured: Valerie Hopkins, correspondent, The New York Times, Moscow ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia