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One Year Into The Ukraine War, What Have We Learned?
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One Year Into The Ukraine War, What Have We Learned?

Not even close to the beginning of the end

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Ben Domenech
Feb 24, 2023
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Robert Service.

Putin should have known better when it came to the Ukrainians. He was probably ill-informed by his intelligence services about Ukraine’s potential for resistance. But truly he got the FSB that he deserved. He had stripped out from its leadership those who dared tell truth to power. He overestimated the Russian Army too. After Georgia in 2…

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