{"id":486230,"date":"2025-10-09T17:45:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486230\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T17:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:45:38","slug":"four-scenarios-for-the-next-chapter-in-russias-war-against-ukraine-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/486230\/","title":{"rendered":"Four scenarios for the next chapter in Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of\u00a0Ukraine has now passed the three-and-a-half-year mark, and there is\u00a0still no\u00a0end in\u00a0sight. The Trump administration\u2019s recent push to\u00a0negotiate a\u00a0ceasefire ground to\u00a0a\u00a0halt in\u00a0early September, after Ukraine\u2019s Volodymyr Zelensky rejected<\/a> Vladimir Putin\u2019s proposal to\u00a0meet in\u00a0Moscow, dismissing the invitation as\u00a0a\u00a0sign that his Russian counterpart has no\u00a0desire to\u00a0negotiate.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on\u00a0the battlefield<\/a> in\u00a0Ukraine, Russian troops are continuing their offensive in\u00a0central Donbas. While Ukrainian forces have succeeded in\u00a0slowing their advance, this has come at\u00a0the cost of\u00a0Kyiv\u2019s defenses elsewhere, creating vulnerable gaps between frontline positions that Russian forces can slip through. With the front line becoming increasingly fluid and peace talks stalled, Russia has also continued to\u00a0launch deadly missile and drone attacks on\u00a0Ukrainian cities, targeting the country\u2019s energy grid<\/a> ahead of\u00a0the approaching winter months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By\u00a0all appearances, Putin believes that if\u00a0Russia\u2019s military keeps pushing forward, it\u00a0will eventually outlast and overpower Ukraine. But how much longer can the Kremlin sustain its war machine?\u00a0<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a\u00a0new report<\/a> for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), senior fellow Maria Snegovaya <\/strong>and Europe, Russia, and Eurasia program director Max Bergmann <\/strong>break down the mounting costs of\u00a0Russia\u2019s war effort and outline four plausible scenarios for the war\u2019s next chapter. Dr. Maria Snegovaya<\/a> joins this episode of\u00a0The Naked Pravda to\u00a0discuss their analysis.<\/p>\n

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