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Aye, a Dmitry Grozoubinski Twitter thread chewed that over:
https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1533133128801431552
tl;dr - Putin totally controls the narrative that matters to him and his position (which is wholly internal to Russia). In that context, there is no reason to entertain 'saving face' and you really have to wonder what else that is about.