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Putin Likely to Escalate Ukraine War, Sources Tell Reuters
Sources said Putin rebuked advisers who proposed a ceasefire as Ukraine’s drone strikes and battlefield setbacks deepen pressure on Moscow.
- On Thursday, July 9, Reuters reported that President Vladimir Putin rejected peace negotiations with Kyiv, rebuffing advisers who urged a ceasefire as he intends to escalate military operations.
- Unrelenting Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and ports have triggered nationwide fuel shortages across Russia, strengthening Putin's resolve to prioritize a battlefield victory in Donbas rather than pursue negotiations.
- Russian forces absorb 30,000 to 35,000 casualties monthly, with estimates suggesting about two million soldiers killed, wounded, or missing since 2022; the military continues grinding into Kostiantynivka, a critical defensive front in Donetsk.
- Former defense official Andrei Ilnitsky warned that escalation could include strikes on 30 major industrial sites, potentially targeting NATO bases in Baltic states and Romania, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov maintained Russia has the capability to act independently.
- Security analyst Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute warned that Russia might conduct isolated attacks to sow tensions within NATO, aiming to divide the alliance over response options without triggering direct war.
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Several sources familiar with the Kremlin do not expect any rapprochement in the Ukraine war. Instead, Vladimir Putin is supposed to rely on another military escalation and want to completely conquer Donbas.
·Berlin, Germany
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At present, a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine seems highly unlikely. According to insiders, Putin is even supposed to want to expand the war.
Putin does not want to come to the negotiating table, sources say.
·Finland
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Leaning Left15Leaning Right18Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Right
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Right
43% Right
L 36%
C 21%
R 43%
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