Russia-Ukraine: The Cost Of War And Why Peace Is So Uncertain

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its third year, is there a stalemate on the ground given that positions haven’t changed very much? If that is the case, does it suggest President Putin’s original plan to capture Kyiv followed by regime change, is going nowhere? These and other questions are being debated in diplomatic and academic circles and there’s no consensus on what could happen. But yes, Russia has heavily mined the forward lines of the areas in Ukraine it controls, which does limit their freedom of manoeuvre (and doesn’t help the Ukrainians either)....Read More