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Łukasz Adamski: Putin’s Ukraine playbook echoes the tactics of Russian imperialism.

by Łukasz AdamskiFebruary 6, 2022
While certain aspects of Russia’s attack on Ukraine have been novel, Moscow’s approach to the conflict echoes a range of far more traditional tactics from the era of Soviet expansionism.

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