Shashank Joshi: Ukraine is planning a big counter-offensive. We don't know where, when or what it will look like, but we know it's coming. He says the most strategic territory in Ukraine is the South - Zapparija and Harsan provinces. A southward thrust would sever that Russian land bridge between Donbass and Crimea.
The top-secret plan to pierce Russia’s defenses and reclaim territory could unfold any day now. We ask why this moment, in particular, could prove crucial. Migrants from a lesser-known coastal city in China are transforming the business environment in a number of European cities. And, the 50-year-old film that warned us about the state of the world today.
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