Russia is grinding down Ukrainian defenses along stretches of the frontline, probing for weaknesses it can explain later this year.
Tetyana Malyarenko
Tetyana Malyarenko
Tetyana Malyarenko is a professor of international relations and the Jean Monnet Professor of European Security at the National University Odesa Law Academy.
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