“The best-case scenario for Ukraine," said Russian-British military historian Sergey Radchenko, "is that they’re able to stall or stop the Russian advance" in the Ukrainian industrial heartland known as Donbas, which includes the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Russia ramping up its offensive, putting pressure on Ukraine's reserve troops
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If Trump walks away from the peace effort and still pursues normalizing relations with Russia, lifting sanctions, “this will amount to a major breakthrough” for Putin, but it's not a given, Radchenko says.
United States-led effort to end war in Ukraine looks favorable to Russia, but mixed signals emerge
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