Harnwell: Putin launches his largest airstrike on Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Why now?!

The West and Russia are at stalemate in Ukraine, but time tilts strongly in favour of Russia as the West succumbs to Ukraine Fatigue. Why then would Putin risk re-energising NATO by deliberately flying missiles over Poland?

Because the provocation is the point. Putin is weighing the West’s resolve, so as to decide his most favourable terms at the negotiating table.

Will the West respond in kind and fly missiles over Russia, setting off an escalatory tit-for-tat — or will we pretend we didn’t see anything and concentrate on our domestic economies and 2024’s elections in the US, the EU and the UK?

Sources:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-launches-massive-air-attack-ukraine-least-10-dead-kyiv-2023-12-29/

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/29/europe/ukraine-russia-airstrikes-intl-hnk/index.html

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Aired On: 12/29/23