Ukraine - Our Country of the Year for 2022

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"This war is going to be a long haul," says Robert Klitzman. "Putin clearly doesn't care how many of his own side get killed, as long as they can keep pushing" Russia's starting point for peace would be that Ukraine have to give up large parts of its country,klitzman adds.

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