Has Putin's war in Ukraine failed?
" - broadly referring to Ukraine's two industrial regions in the east of Luhansk and Donetsk.in the south, Russia's aims remain unchanged, but it has shown little success in achieving them.
A war of attrition is now taking place along an active front line of 850km and Russian victories are small and rare. What was meant to be a quick operation is now a protracted war that Western leaders are determined Ukraine should win. Any realistic prospect of neutrality for Ukraine is long gone. While cities such as Mariupol were flattened, details of war crimes have emerged against civilians in Bucha, near Kyiv, and have led toThe retreat of 30,000 Russian troops across the Dnipro river fromKyivThe deaths of a large number of recently mobilised troops in a Ukrainian new-year missile attack onwas a defensive failure, as was the spectacular attack in October 2022 that shut theRussia's warnings to the West against arming Ukraine have gone unheeded, with assurances of Western support...
Should he need to, President Putin could extend mobilisation and drag out the war. Russia is a nuclear power and he has indicated he would be prepared, if necessary, to use nuclear weapons to protect Russia and cling on to occupied Ukrainian land. "We will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. This is not a bluff," he warned.
Four months into Russia's 2022 invasion, the EU granted Ukraine candidate status and Kyiv is pushing to be accepted as soon as it can.
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