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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17
Kuleba Says 4-Year War Is Shifting as Ukraine Expands Strikes Inside Russia
Updated
Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17

Kuleba Says 4-Year War Is Shifting as Ukraine Expands Strikes Inside Russia

1 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 17

Summary

  • Dmytro Kuleba said on the latest GZERO World podcast that Ukraine is trying to change the war’s trajectory by taking increasingly sophisticated strikes deep into Russian territory.
  • Those attacks are meant to raise the cost for Moscow by forcing it to defend military bases, energy infrastructure and symbolic targets including Crimea, rather than relying on a long war of attrition.
  • Kuleba argued that strategy is gaining support as NATO backing has strengthened, Europe expands defense cooperation with Kyiv, and Donald Trump has adopted a warmer tone toward Ukraine than months ago.
  • The discussion framed the conflict as a test of Russia’s more than 4-year bet that superior manpower, resources and tolerance for casualties would outlast Ukraine and its Western allies.

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