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Home / Ukraine / Ukraine’s winnable war: why the West should help Kyiv retake all its territory
Ukraine, Europe and Eurasia, Russia

June 13, 2023

Ukraine’s winnable war: why the West should help Kyiv retake all its territory

“A satisfying victory is likely out of reach,” wrote the Russia experts Thomas Graham and Rajan Menon in Foreign Affairs a month after the invasion began. “Ukraine and its Western backers are in no position to defeat Russia on any reasonable timescale.”

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Former Non-Resident Senior Fellow

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