Why Putin Is Escalating Aerial Bombings in Ukraine
Former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor on the hard-liners who have increasing sway over Moscow’s choices.
Russia’s war in Ukraine seems to be entering a new phase. Moscow has had several recent setbacks, including the loss of territories it had occupied in Ukraine’s east and, perhaps most symbolically, a bombing on the bridge connecting Russia to Crimea.
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy. Twitter: @RaviReports
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