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Ukraine defiant as emergency services battle to restore power

Ukraine: The Latest

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Putin's Strategy Is Now to Try and Drag the War Out

It's certainly very hard to see any kind of real likelihood, because even with the additional retrups, and let's be honest, 150,000 troops. In those circumstances, I cannot see how Russia can really make anything other than the most minor local gains on the battlefield. This is what it comes down to. Putin's strategy is now to try and drag the war out,. If he can outlast the West's will to continue to support Ukraine, then he can hope that he can impose some kind of a deal but probably would see the territories currently under Russian control.

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