'The Russian leader, who portrays himself as a student of history, is floundering because he hasn't paid enough attention to the lessons of the 'Great Patriotic War' he reveres' | Analysis by John Blake If Russian President Vladimir Putin had paid more attention to his own country's military history, he may not have attacked Ukraine in the way he did. Updated 0839 GMT (1639 HKT) April 2, 2022 (CNN)Russian President Vladimir Putin often evokes the Soviet Union's epic defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II to justify his country's invasion of Ukraine.Yet Putin is committing some of the same...