Russia's Ukraine invasion is slowly approaching an inflection point. Is the West prepared to step up?
- Written by Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has finally delivered him something approaching a minor victory. With his forces recently taking control of Lysychansk, Russia now controls virtually all of Luhansk oblast (province).
That’s one of the two Donbas provinces the Kremlin has decided to “liberate”, in rapidly-adjusted war aims...