In Moscow's Shadows 256: Desperation, Escalation, Mobilisation
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The episode discusses the pressures on Putin regarding the war and the potential for escalation in response to Ukraine's actions.
Putin is being pressed by some within the elite to call it quits and freeze the war on the current front line, by others to step up and try and impose a quick military solution. His natural impulse is to put off decisions, but Kyiv's campaign against Crimea may make that impossible. He seems determined to hold out for the last bit of the Donbas, so he has to escalate. With other options, from nuclear demonstration to stepping up the covert campaign in Europe not being viable, all he has is ex...
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