Russia

Putin Is Pushing for Total Victory in Syria No Matter How Many Civilians Die

THE FINAL OFFENSIVE

With Chechnya as his model, the Russian president is willing to level whole cities to enforce ‘peace.’ For Putin, civilian suffering is a tool to be exploited to win the war.

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