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Formerly TwitterMichael McFaul
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Stopping aid to Ukraine will NOT end the war. Putin will just push deeper into a disarmed Ukraine and kill more Ukrainians. He has said as much.
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The upsurge in violence by occupiers returning from the war in Ukraine is not a matter of concern for the Kremlin, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
According to Russian media calculations, at least 192 participants in the war with Ukraine have been convicted in Russia of… pic.twitter.com/5jmRWxJFCu
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#Russia plans to avoid mass mobilization by hiring contract recruits for the war in #Ukraine - Bloomberg citing sources
Monthly recruitment of recruits on a contract basis is estimated at 30 thousand people. This will gradually increase the size of the Russian army by 300… pic.twitter.com/SawicruZsu
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Institute for the Study of War
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Putin’s goal is to have the West reach the “conclusion that Russia prevailing in Ukraine is inevitable and that we must stay on the sidelines,” said @nataliabugayova, a non-resident fellow at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-18/war-in-ukraine-russia-to-enlist-more-hired-soldiers-to-avoid-conscription
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