Many Ukrainians are resolutely opposed to agreeing to a ceasefire with Russia so long as its troops continue to occupy Ukrainian territory.
have been killed since the invasion began and that 30,000 to 40,000 Russian soldiers are estimated to have been killed or wounded.
Lutsevych says she believes the most likely scenario is that the Russian generals need to reorganize and reposition their troops to either take another run at capturing the capital or toChris Alexander, a former Canadian diplomat who served in Moscow and later became a federal Conservative cabinet minister, says the best explanation is that the Russians need to hit the pause button on parts of their military operation that have gone poorly.
Heavy smoke rises above Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Saturday. The city has become a hub for internal refugees fleeing Russian attacks in the east. But while Ukraine's army has proven a more formidable opponent than clearly Russia — and even some Western nations — expected, whether it can transition from defence to offence and reclaim Russian-held territory is unknown.
Ukrainian service members walk on the front line near Kyiv on Tuesday. If Russian forces pull back from the capital, they will most likely be redeployed to the eastern Donbas area in an effort to encircle Ukrainian troops there, one analyst says.
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