Ukrainian forces have been making speedy and noteworthy advances within the north-east of the nation, regaining management of two key strategic hubs and a big swathe of territory within the Kharkiv area.
Emily Tamkin in Washington DC, Ido Vock in Berlin and Katie Stallard in Austin focus on how this success may affect Western help and the way far Ukraine may go.
Subsequent, the group turns to murmurings of dissent in Russia following Ukraine’s features. They focus on what criticism broadcast on Russian state TV alerts about Vladimir Putin’s place, his relationship with Xi Jinping, and what his choices are actually.
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