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What did Zelensky try to accomplish by attacking Russian strategic airfields? Why did he do it on the eve of negotiations? Was it a message to Putin? Or to Trump? Or to the Ukrainian army? Why was this attack combined with a train wreck? Did it itimidate the Russians to solften their demands? What will the Russians do now?
These are some of the questions considered in this video.
Dr. Brovkin is an American historian of Russia, now retired, a former Professor of Soviet Hitory at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous books on Russian History and politics. His latest book: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its identity (Routledge, London 2024) ia available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Routledge.com. In addition to issues of Contempoary Politics playlist, you can find: Russia under Yeltsin and Putin, Russia under the Communist Regime, War in Ukraine, European History and other playlists.
What did Zelensky try to accomplish by attacking Russian strategic airfields? Why did he do it on the eve of negotiations? Was it a message to Putin? Or to Trump? Or to the Ukrainian army? Why was this attack combined with a train wreck? Did it itimidate the Russians to solften their demands? What will the Russians do now?
These are some of the questions considered in this video.
Dr. Brovkin is an American historian of Russia, now retired, a former Professor of Soviet Hitory at Harvard University, he is the author of numerous books on Russian History and politics. His latest book: From Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin: Russia in Search of Its identity (Routledge, London 2024) ia available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Routledge.com. In addition to issues of Contempoary Politics playlist, you can find: Russia under Yeltsin and Putin, Russia under the Communist Regime, War in Ukraine, European History and other playlists.
