KYIV/LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Russian forces are intensifying efforts to seize the small eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka as Moscow’s war in Ukraine grinds on.

The fighting is reminiscent of the battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut, which fell to Russia last May after months of grinding urban combat, 15 months into a full-scale invasion that Moscow calls a “special military operation”.

Follow-up to 2022 Munk Debate

We’ve already given Ukraine $120 billion, only to see the war descend into a stalemate

The Khodakovsky Interview

Actual Statements From US Diplomats

When considering the Ukrainian war, most analysts [1] start, it seems to me, from erroneous assumptions – deliberately or through ignorance – which I believe were instilled by the United States and Ukraine, and which should be noted, because they are at the origin of an increasingly false vision of the origins and realities of this conflict and therefore of its probable outcome.

Zelensky’s sacking of the popular army chief is a colossal political gamble and reflects increasing desperation in Kyiv

The $61 billion will make no difference on the battlefield except to prolong the war, the tens of thousands of deaths, and the physical destruction of Ukraine.

More Ukrainians will be called up, but how many, and from which demographic, is a subject of intense debate

Ukrainians are growing more and more skeptical about the direction of their country, according to a recent poll by Ukrainian think tank Razumkov Center.