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At Munich Security Conference, weapons supplies is having a direct impact on frontline & forcing Ukraine to cede territory. Noting Ukraine &weapons, particularly in deficit of artillery & long-range capabilities, allows Putin to gain intensity of war,” Ukrainian is forced to withdraw from Avdiivka to avoid encirclement. The retreat from Avdiivka hands the initiative in the conflict to Vladimir Putin, a month before rubber-stamp elections that will hand him another six years in office, and a day after death of leading Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in jail.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...city-falls