Russia shifting focus to show a victory by early May in eastern Ukraine, US officials say | CNN Politics

Russia has revised its Ukraine war strategy to focus on trying to take control of the Donbas and other regions in eastern Ukraine with a target date of early May, according to several US officials familiar with the latest US intelligence assessments. More than a month into the war, Russian ground forces have been unable to keep control of areas where they have been fighting. Russian President Vlad

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""Putin will have a victory parade on 9th May regardless the status of the war or peace talks,"" ""Putin is preparing for a "Chechnya-style long, drawn-out war"" ""Putin switched to Plan B"" "a shift in the battlefield to the east on the ground may do little to stop the ongoing Russian air assaults"