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otherOct 7, 2026

Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce

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The longer Putin waits, the greater the risk of more unpleasant surprises.

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    Vladimir Putin is losing his brutal war on Ukraine; what will make him accept a truce? Kyiv’s “Operation Vivaldi” keeps pounding away, driving Russian forces back and liberating villages in the Donetsk region, erasing most of Moscow’s (meager) gains of the last year. The offensiv…

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