Winter is coming: Putin seeks to 'hammer Ukrainians, their power grid, their water supplies'
As winter approaches, Russia's President Vladimir Putin is intensifying attacks on Ukraine's power grid and water supplies, despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the war.
As renewed diplomatic efforts seek to bring an end to Russia's war on Ukraine, the prospect of a negotiated settlement remains unlikely due to Russia's irreconcilable territorial demands, competing visions of European security and an increasingly unpredictable and pro-Moscow US.
For Mark Galeotti, Executive Director of Mayak Intelligence and Honorary Professor at University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Moscow's maximalist vision conceals a more complex negotiating strategy.
Territorial dispute
And the territorial dispute over Donbas presents a particularly formidable obstacle. Putin's determination to claim control over the entirety of the region confronts Ukraine's refusal to surrender territory it continues to hold.
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