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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.
The peril now looms in Eastern Ukraine, where Russia is reinforcing and concentrating its firepower in an attempt to encircle much of Ukraine's army. The outcome of the vicious battle for the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered massive numbers of troops, tanks, artillery, and more to the border with Ukraine, as well as in Crimea (a region that Russia seized from Ukraine...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a "very difficult chore" to recruit qualified military personnel to fight in Ukraine, Ganyard said. "The Russians are basically recruiting out of prisons at this point," he said. "They have not mobilized the whole nation."
April 8, 2022 As the Ukraine crisis intensifies, Putin has jangled nerves worldwide with Cold War-style nuclear saber-rattling. But even as an economic vise tightens on Moscow, the Russian...
Europe Analysis: Putin's end-game? Split Ukraine and install 'tame' leadership By Robin Emmott, Sabine Siebold and Tom Balmforth February 25, 202211:29 AM PSTUpdated 2 years ago Russian...
Ukraine is a special case. Direct conflict with a NATO member state would be suicidal for Russia and Putin’s conduct throughout the war has shown that he is determined to avoid it.
A Russian general outlined what he said was Vladimir Putin’s goal for his invasion of Ukraine after his failure to capture the capital, Kyiv: build on the 2014 annexation of Crimea by securing...
What is Putin’s endgame in Ukraine? “He wants to think himself as a nowadays Stalin,” renowned Russian journalist Yevgenia Albats tells Marc Lamont Hill. Read more 5 Mar 2022
Putin’s Endgame Starts to Look Like Reducing Ukraine to Rubble The Russian president envisioned a quick victory. If his history is any guide, destruction may be his fallback plan.