Putin trolling Trump?
US president's attempted reset of peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv either failed or was just a show. From Russian leader's comments after Monday's chat, it's clear only a military defeat can stop him
In the early 19th century, one of the founding fathers of modern war studies, German General and military historian Carl von Clausewitz commented, on the Napoleonic Wars, that '[t]he conqueror is always peace-loving […]; he would much prefer to march into our state silently […].' This has been and remains an observation that applies to most military aggressions. Though simple and understandable, Clausewitz's idea was initially ignored by most Europeans when interpreting Moscow's behaviour after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2014.
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