Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen, Christina Harward, Russia Deputy Team Lead on the Institute for the Study of War, says that the ‘Russian advances are coming at a literal foot-pace’ and ‘this isn’t the image that the Russians are attempting to color’, including that Russian casualties are astronomical. She explains that Russians are attempting to diplomatically strongarm Ukraine and the West into giving up this territory, as a result of they ‘know the battle goes to be lengthy’.
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