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Localized Offensives: The Direction of the Conflict

War on the Rocks

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Ukraine's Minimal War Aims

Ukraine's minimal war aims are pretty much its maximal war aims, which is getting back territory to 2014 borders. I don't think the Ukraine political issue has any room to maneuver other than de facto aiming for maximal war aims and restoration of territorial control. The two big things Ukraine needs is first economic assistance, long term, to stay in us, and to avoid fatigue. Material availability is the big issue because folks generally assume in the West that as long as there's political will and there's cohesion, then this can be solved.

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