https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/33920
“As of today, 28 settlements are under enemy control, the depth of penetration into the territory of the Kursk region is 12 kilometers, and the front’s width is 40 kilometers” - Kursk region acting governor told Putin. Putin interrupted him and said not to mention numbers.
That’s not how they do that over there. You speak what Putin wants to hear, or you don’t speak.
That turned out really well for them in the beginning of the war, when Putin was told that they’d win over Ukraine in like a week or so.