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Conflict Zone

What needs to happen to tip the balance in Ukraine’s favor?

"The Russians are increasingly able to declare victory" in their more limited goals, US political analyst Ian Bremmer says — even if the West speeds up weapons deliveries to Ukraine. But the costs "for a generation or more will be very severe."

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