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☆ Opinion | Putin Is Making His Plans Brutally Clear
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Nataliya Gumenyuk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the end of December, I asked my sister how she would be celebrating this year. On Dec. 29, more than 120 Russian missiles and drones targeted towns across the country, killing 44 people. Russia’s strikes increased as attempts to authorize more funding for Ukraine stalled in the U.S. Congress and in Europe. Since the fall, Kyiv’s western allies have reportedly been quietly pushing for negotiations to end the war. By the end of December, Vladimir Putin was also reportedly signaling that he, too, was ready to make a deal.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin Organizations: “, Ukraine, U.S . Congress Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Kyiv, Europe, United States

For much of the winter, the war in Ukraine settled into a slow-moving but exceedingly violent fight along a jagged 600-mile-long frontline in the southeast. Now, both Ukraine and Russia are poised to go on the offensive. They are looking for vulnerabilities, hoping to exploit gaps, and setting the stage for what Ukraine warns could be Moscow’s most ambitious campaign since the start of the war. Ukraine must now defend against the Russian assault without exhausting the resources it needs to mount an offensive of its own. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has given an order to take all of the Donbas region by March, Ukrainian intelligence says.

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