“He’s kind of decided that hes got a window between next spring when that can be full combat and Trump perhaps coming into power or European Union going back on its promises to Ukraine, to do something to to grab more land and get a better deal for himself.”
Times columnist Roger Boyd says President Putin “wants to go in with a massive force because mass wins”.
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