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Is Putin planning a September surprise?

13 August 2022

4:00 PM

13 August 2022

4:00 PM

Ukraine appears to be faring well in its fight against Russia. Explosions have rocked a Russian military base in Crimea and the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky is confidently stating that the war must end with the liberation of Crimea. Aid is also pouring in from the West. But Ukraine has been here before – and Putin’s Russia could, once again, be preparing to up the ante.

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Dr Yuri Felshtinsky is the author of Blowing up Ukraine: The Return of Russian Terror and the Threat of World War III (Gibson Square)


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