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Aug 18, 2023 · Russia under Vladimir Putin has never ended its wars at the negotiating table and has shown zero interest in making concessions that would come close to the minimal requirements of Ukraine...
- What Has Putin demanded?
- Why Now?
- Any Domestic Pressures?
- Will He Or Won’T He?
The Kremlin’s official line amid the current standoff centers on Putin’s demandsfor security guarantees for Russia that would include a stop to NATO’s expansion eastward, and a formal veto on Ukraine from ever joining the military alliance. It also wants NATO to roll back its military deployments in the region. The demands would significantly red...
Since Kyiv’s pro-Russian government was toppled in 2014, Moscow has wanted to bring Ukraine back into its sphere of influence. But the current crisis also comes during heightened tensions between the Kremlin and the West, sparked by Washington’s accusations that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, used chemical weapons to go after its...
Ukraine is just an “unfortunate victim and the most convenient place for Putin to mount his demands with menaces,” according to Giles. His comments echoed those of Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko, who told Russia’s TV Rainon Saturday that Moscow was using Ukraine as a “pain point” to blackmail the West. Putin’s motivation also could include ...
Experts and military analysts are divided on whether Putin intends to engage in a full-blown war with Ukraine. The U.S. and its allies say Russia has been massing forcesaround the east and south of Ukraine for months. The Russian Defense Ministry shared photos this month of its forces moving into Belarus as part of a joint military drill in Februar...
- Yuliya Talmazan
The narrow version holds that the danger of future aggression is from Russia specifically—that is, if Russia goes unchallenged in Ukraine, then Moscow will simply expand its ambitions, challenge the United States’ North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, and ultimately threaten European security writ large.
Feb 24, 2023 · 23 February 2023. By Paul Kirby,BBC News. 0:58. Watch: Ukraine's recapture of Kherson City was one of Russia's biggest setbacks. When Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine...
Mar 1, 2022 · Putin is in the grip of magical thinking: As Fiona Hill, one of America’s premier Russia experts, said in an interview published on Monday by Politico, he believes that there is something...
Jun 6, 2023 · If the war in Ukraine ends with Putin having achieved at least some of his goals and suffering no irreparable consequences to his regime, the only exit ramp the West will have found is...
Dec 16, 2023 · Donald Trump, who has vowed to end the war in Ukraine in “one day” — presumably by cutting a deal with Russia — is now leading in many presidential polls and may very well return to the White...
