Hal Brands, Columnist

Ukraine's Coming Attack Could Win or Lose the War

A successful offensive by the Kyiv government can keep Putin from consolidating victory and, more important, ensure continued support from the West.

August 2, 2022 at 12:00 AM EDT

By Hal Brands

Hal Brands is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and the Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.

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The Ukraine war is entering its third phase, and this one could well be decisive.

Phase one was Russia’s failed blitzkrieg, meant to destroy the Ukrainian state. Phase two, which continues in desultory fashion, was Moscow’s push to seize all the Donbas area along the Ukraine-Russia border.

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