“It’s too early to be triumphalist, and there are a lot of Russian capabilities not employed yet.” lieutenant general and ambassador to NATO. “We’re only in the opening days of this, and Putin has a lot of cards to play,’’ said Douglas Lute, a former U.S. The Russian track record in the Syrian civil war, and in its own ruthless efforts to crush separatism in the Russian region of Chechnya, suggest an increasingly brutal campaign ahead. While Russia appeared to pull its punches, Ukraine marshaled and armed civilians to cover more ground, and its military has attacked Russian convoys and supply lines, leaving video evidence of scorched Russian vehicles and dead soldiers.īut the war was already changing quickly on Monday, and ultimately, it is likely to turn on just how far Russia is willing to go to subjugate Ukraine. No major cities have been taken after an initial Russian push toward Kyiv, the capital, stalled. ![]() Instead, after five days of war, what appears to be unfolding is a Russian miscalculation about tactics and about how hard the Ukrainians would fight. Putin himself - expected that the force would roll right in and the fighting would be over quickly. BRUSSELS - When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine with nearly 200,000 troops, many observers - and seemingly President Vladimir V.
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