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Feb 28, 2022 · Russia-Ukraine war: What is Putin’s endgame? The Russian president is facing an unexpected level of resistance, but remains determined to continue on a belligerent path.
Feb 24, 2022 · ‘What is the end game?’. Russia’s multipronged assault on Ukraine. Western officials fear invasion could devastate eastern Ukraine and leave Kyiv besieged within days. Damaged radar equipment...
- A Not-So-Grand Ultimatum
- Nuclear Blackmail
- Total War
- The Poison Pill
Ukraine’s counterattack, launched at the end of August, has completely changed Putin’s calculations regarding how Russia should fight. His previous plan, based on the idea that Kyiv would not dare to carry out a full-fledged offensive on Russian positions, presumed that the Kremlin had plenty of time to establish itself in the territory it had occu...
Another plank of Putin’s ultimatum is the nuclearoption, which is now squarely back on the table. After cooling his rhetoric over the summer, Putin has returned to invoking this ultimate threat as a way to influence Western policy on Ukraine. In April, when Russian forces retreated from failed offensives against Kyiv and Chernihiv, the Kremlin turn...
Having raised the stakes through his annexation of Ukrainian regions and his invocations of nuclear war, Putin further upped the ante by making ordinary Russians part of the war. His mobilizationorder in September caught Russians off-guard. Over the summer and in the first half of September, polls recorded an uptick in the positive mood among Russi...
Putin’s nuclear ultimatum and mobilization order put significant pressure on both Russian society and the increasingly nervous Russian elites, who must decide which losing scenario is less tragic: to accompany the furious leader until the end of the world, to escape both Putin and the retribution of the West, or to wait for Russia to lose. It puts ...
- Tatiana Stanovaya
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...
- Bret Stephens
May 13, 2022 · What’s the Endgame in Ukraine? As Washington prepares to send another $40 billion in military aid and Europe seeks a Russian oil embargo, the West’s ultimate goal is still unclear.
Apr 3, 2022 · Sunday Morning. What is Putin's endgame now? April 3, 2022 / 9:16 AM EDT / CBS News. Just over five weeks into the war, and one thing is clear about how it will end – there will be no...
Feb 6, 2022 · What’s Vladimir Putin’s endgame in Ukraine? - Vox. Podcasts. “It’s not about Russia. It’s about Putin”: An expert explains Putin’s endgame in Ukraine. According to Mark Galeotti, Putin wants to...
