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Analysis-Russia's grim battle for Bakhmut may yield pyrrhic victory at best

The nearly five-month battle for the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has ground on for so long and wrought so much death and destruction that, even if Russia does prevail, it will be a pyrrhic victory, military experts say.

Reuters

Will Bipartisan Support From The US Carry Ukraine To Victory?

Boris Lozhkin said that Russia’s invasion is “terroristic” but Ukraine will prevail.

Zenger

Russia strikes, Ukraine repairs, in a battle to survive the winter

Ukraine is still recovering from the latest Russian airstrikes. Ukraine's air defenses have proved more resilient than expected. But can it cope this winter with an onslaught on the electricity grid?

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John M. Crisp: The election was a modest victory for democracy

Adjacent essays in the current issue of Foreign Affairs ably depict America’s two primary international competitors.

Tribune News Service

Ukraine celebrates Russia's Kherson retreat and prepares for winter warfare

Zelensky sang the national anthem as soldiers raised the flag in Kherson on Monday.

Axios

Russia signals possible Kherson retreat, but Ukraine wary

Battle for Kherson grinds on as 4.5 million Ukrainians left without power amid Russian attacks on energy infrastructure.

Al Jazeera

Putin endorses evacuation of parts of Ukraine's Kherson region

Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia's retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine.

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moves toward ‘war of drones’ as winter looms

President Vladimir Putin’s swift and severe response to an attack on his Black Sea fleet reflects a war that is increasingly marked by a duel between long range Russian missiles and Ukraine’s innovative array of drones and truck bombs.

Bangkok Post

Russia in retreat on two fronts as Ukraine steps up counteroffensives

Ukraine has recaptured back more than 2,000 sq. miles

Axios

Putin’s conscripts won’t win his war, but they may drag it out

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s move to draft in 300,000 reservists to reinforce his troops in Ukraine is likely to extend the war rather than influence its outcome.

Tribune News Service

Putin doubles down in Ukraine with biggest gamble yet

"He’s now staking his regime on this war."

Axios

Ukraine's successes stir once-unthinkable hope of beating Russia

The extraordinary speed and success of Ukraine's northern counteroffensive is raising possibilities that few entertained when Russia invaded Ukraine in February: That its military could be defeated, or that it might even collapse.

The Times of India

Zelensky praises Ukrainians for ‘bravely standing’ against Russian troops as war passes 200 days

Zelensky said he was ‘certain’ that Ukrainians would get through this ‘difficult path to victory’

The Independent UK

Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days

As the war in Ukraine marks 200 days, the country has reclaimed broad swaths of the south and east in a long-anticipated counteroffensive, dealing a heavy blow to Russia

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Axios

Ukraine's lightning offensive catches Russia off guard

"Now is not the time to name the settlements to which the Ukrainian flag returns."

Bangkok Post

6 months of Putin’s war unravels Russia’s superpower image

Six months into President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has upended fundamental assumptions about Russia’s military and economy.

The Times of India

Ukraine invasion: Six months of Putin’s war unravels Russia’s superpower image

LONDON: Six months into President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the war has upended fundamental assumptions about Russia’s military and economy.

The Independent UK

Russia struggles to replenish its troops in Ukraine

The Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization as Russia suffers military losses in its invasion of Ukraine which is nearing its sixth month

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Axios

Putin's "annexation playbook" in Ukraine could leave no path to peace

"The risk appetite of this guy is very different from the risk appetite of Joe Biden."

The Guardian - UK

Fighting focuses on Donbas, but Putin has not given up on Kharkiv – or Kyiv

The outcome of Russia’s attacks on the Donetsk and Luhansk areas will determine the fate of the rest of Ukraine

Reuters

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach

Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine's eastern Donbas because its badly mauled forces lack the manpower for significant advances.

The Guardian - UK

‘I look at my government differently’: losses in Ukraine test Russians’ faith

Information about the damage being done in Ukraine is leaking out, and discouraging some of those who used to back the war

Axios

U.S. push for Ukraine "win" raises the stakes for Russia

The Kremlin says a proxy war could turn nuclear.

Los Angeles Times

Can Russia win the battle for Ukraine's battered east?

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine — When Russian troops blitzed into Ukraine, what was supposed to be an easy victory quickly foundered as Ukrainian forces mounted a strong defense that — along with Russia's many missteps — have left Moscow mired in a withering two-month war with no end in sight.

Axios

Russia and Ukraine race to prepare for decisive battle in Donbas

Russia's objectives are narrowing. Expect a grinding battle.

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