Ukraine’s 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an end

Kyiv is facing a brutal Russian response as its air defence missile stocks dwindle. Leonid Ragozin is a freelance journalist based in Riga. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 40-day campaign to “influence” Russia into ending the war expired last week without much fanfare. The campaign involved high-intensity attacks with long-range missiles that were meant to compel Moscow into accepting Ukraine’s terms. But it does not seem to have worked.

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