The history of war shows that the losing side tend to lose ground as they are cut off from supply lines to replenish troops with weapons, food and material. Independent Russian publication Important Stories reports why this appears to be the dynamic at play right now for Russian troops in southern regions of Ukraine.
Many factors may soon align and force Russia to withdraw troops from Southern Ukraine, independent Russian publication Important Stories argues in an in-depth report on the situation on the ground.
A Russian Army T-72B3 main battle tank during military exercises in the Astrakhan region of Southern Russia on September 25, 2020. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via…
Jonathan Littell has covered Russian wars in Chechnya, Georgia, and now in Ukraine. The French-American journalist says the West's failure after those earlier conflicts to take harsher measures signaled to the Kremlin it could do "anything it wanted in their backyard without anyone really caring."