He'll be contending with a stalled Minsk process, unclear direction from Washington, and a still-hot war with Russia in the east.
The Russian leader is reaching out to his foes with one hand, and striking them with the other.
Rebel leaders in the eastern part of the country say they will stop military operations starting Wednesday at midnight.
Putin’s Russia is not the only heir to the Soviet heroics of the Second World War.
His recent rhetoric targeting Jews suggests that his grip on power may be loosening.
How the West underestimated an ideology’s animating force
But there are no Churchills, either. And Ukraine will fight alone.
In its timing, design, and execution, the Wagner chief’s threatened coup bears the hallmarks of a well-prepared operation.
The Ukrainian president isn’t the problem.
Ukrainian leaders announced one counteroffensive against Russia—but had another in the works.