Why is Putin bothering to annex Ukraine? |Sir Lawrence Freedman

“Putins made it almost impossible to have a negotiation to end this war now.”

The Russian Presidents audience was “hardly inspired” by his annexation speech, says Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies at Kings College London, and author of Command, The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine.

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