Moscow sends mixed signals, claiming to pull some troops back from the Ukrainian border and indicating an openness to additional diplomacy while at the same time taking steps to recognize the independence of Russian-occupied areas of the Donbas.
The United States uses a novel tactic to wrongfoot Vladimir Putin by declassifying and making public intelligence anticipating Russia’s next moves.
And Ukraine, still in Russia’s crosshairs, braces for a reinvasion that may or may not come.
So what happens now? On The Power Vertical Podcast this week, host Brian Whitmore speaks with military analyst Michael Kofman, director of the Russia studies program at the CNA Corporation, a fellow at the Kennan Institute, and a senior editor at War on the Rocks.