Is Russia's Counter Offensive a Miscalculation?

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Russia hasn't even really acknowledged much of the Ukrainian successes. Russia has been betting on this war of attrition. They hope to wear out Europe and they hope that support for Ukraine will be banned. That's the bet that Russia is making and that's their gamble here.

A recent Ukrainian counteroffensive seems to have caught Russia on its back foot. That could have consequences for Putin in the war — and at home. The Washington Post’s Mary Ilyushina explains.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Miles Bryan, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and edited by Matt Collette and Sean Rameswaram, who also hosted.

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