‘Kherson is liberated’: Why Ukraine’s victories could embolden Vladimir Putin to go to extremes

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on February 24, 2022 on orders from President Vladimir Putin, was supposed to be a quick, efficient operation. But it didn’t work out that way. Ukrainian forces turned out to be much better fighters than Putin anticipated, and after eight and one-half months, the Russian military is still struggling in Ukraine.

Moreover, U.S. President Joe Biden and his administration — along with their NATO allies — have been a major thorn in Putin’s side, showing their solidarity with Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky. Biden has maintained that there will be no U.S. “boots on the ground” in Ukraine, but he hasn’t been shy about sanctioning Russia economically.

Never-Trump conservative Benjamin Parker analyzes Ukraine’s recent military victories in an article published by The Bulwark on November 14, speculating on what could happen if Russia were to lose control of Crimea, which it formally annexed in 2014.

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“Kherson is liberated,” Parker observes. “What’s next? There’s ample speculation — encouraged by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — that the cities of Melitopol and Mariupol to the east might be next. That would break the ‘land bridge’ that Russian forces control connecting Russia to Crimea. Thanks to the Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge in October, liberating Mariupol would cut off Russian forces in Crimea from their last supply lines.”

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