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Inside Putin’s Plan to Cripple Ukraine This Winter

Inside Putin’s Plan to Cripple Ukraine This Winter

The Daily vor 3 Wochen

Moscow seems to be seizing an opening to plunge Ukrainian cities into cold and darkness to try to inflict immense human suffering.

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President Trump said he was making an energy deal with President
Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and waiving new sanctions on Moscow.
Now, he’s feuding with Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia is taking advantage of the moment by relentlessly striking
Kyiv, killing civilians and cutting off power for more than a
million people.

Constant Méheut, who is covering the war for The New York Times,
explains why Mr. Putin appears so confident that Russia can bomb
Ukraine into submission.

Guest: Constant Méheut, a correspondent covering
the war in Ukraine for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Analysis: Why Russia sees a window to bomb Ukraine into
submission.

Mr. Zelensky says Mr. Trump risks a “historic mistake” if he
backs Russia.

Photo: Evgeniy Maloletka/Associated Press

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