A US push to weaken Moscow risks diluting Ukraine’s victories Anatol Lieven
Ukraine, with some western help, has won a great victory, and the original aim of Russia’s invasion – to capture Kyiv and replace the Ukrainian government – has been utterly defeated. The Russian army has regrouped in the east for a much more limited objective: that of capturing the Russian-populated Donbas region, which Moscow has already recognised as independent.
If the Russian army can achieve this in the coming weeks then we cannot say for sure what Moscow’s next move would be. However, Russia has
