Russia's slimmed-down war aims still rule out peace

Moscow is still intent on winning and Kyiv on not losing, leaving no scope for an end to the war

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In this article

  • New starting point
  • Primary objectives
  • Constraints on ambitions
  • Talking irrelevant
  • Nothing to discuss
  • Ceasefire as Russian
  • Outlook

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