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Through recent legislative amendments, mobilizing reservist troops, and declaring referendums for captured territory, Putin has ushered in a new era of the war in Ukraine.
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) September 22, 2022
Will his efforts to raise the stakes succeed? @baunov explains: https://t.co/NvcdEiifw1
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2/6 This was a convenient formulation, since the goals were so vague that they could be changed at any time. If it proved impossible to take all of Ukraine, Russia could limit itself to taking the country’s south and east. https://t.co/I3WhUPXE10
— Alexander Baunov (@baunov) September 22, 2022
4/6 After all, the main goal was not the prize itself, but having the opportunity and resolve to take it, thereby demonstrating that Russia was not fooling around and that it had the right to do so https://t.co/I3WhUPXE10
— Alexander Baunov (@baunov) September 22, 2022
6/6 If he is wrong once again, he will have to show that he wasn’t bluffing. He may resort to even more disastrous means to do so. https://t.co/I3WhUPXE10
— Alexander Baunov (@baunov) September 22, 2022
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