Commentary: An end-of-war settlement in Ukraine seems unlikely, but don’t discount any scenario
by Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune
Nov 25, 2022
3 minutes
Ukraine’s capture of Kherson two weeks ago, coming after months of grueling combat, was perhaps the most humiliating setback for Russian forces since the war began nine months ago. The successful Ukrainian counteroffensive occurred five weeks after Putin declared Kherson, as well as Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, a part of Russian territory. The Kremlin’s propaganda network has gone to work explaining to the Russian population that the pullback was a difficult but absolutely necessary decision.
For the Ukrainians, the liberation of the administrative district brings a new set of questions. What’s the next
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