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Ceasefire Could Empower Russia's Renewed Attacks on Ukraine

4/23/2025

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A ceasefire could provide Russia with the opportunity to regroup and launch fresh attacks on Ukraine, warns the Institute for the Study of War. Analysts fear that Moscow's ambitions to expand its territory in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson could intensify, especially if Western military support is curtailed.

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A ceasefire could provide Russia with the opportunity to regroup and launch fresh attacks on Ukraine, warns the Institute for the Study of War. Analysts fear that Moscow's ambitions to expand its territory in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson could intensify, especially if Western military support is curtailed.