Why Vladimir Putin’s in no hurry for peace

By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation

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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, believes that Russia’s strategy is to outlast Ukraine and its allies in a war of attrition. Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity this week that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, had made it clear that he is determined to achieve…

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