So, for the war to end, Ukraine has to achieve enough leverage so that Russia will find it optimal to stop. And the invasion in Kursk is doing just that. 8/

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Yet, there is an important but missed insight from these potential negotiations: Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure hurt, and hurt enough so that they are willing to negotiate. It also proves, again, that Russia understands force, not diplomacy. 7/

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Russia now delayed the next meeting because of Kursk. While Ukraine is skeptical about the chances of the partial ceasefire…. After all, we all have prior experience with the grain deal, where Russia stalled, reneged, and sabotaged as it saw fit. 6/

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So, a major consequence of the Ukrainian attack on Kursk is to show that Putin is not serious about any of his “rules”. The moment the rule doesn’t fit, it is changed 4/

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Still, the article is interesting as it says that Ukraine and Russia were set to send delegations to Doha this month to negotiate a landmark agreement halting strikes on energy and power infrastructure on both sides 5/

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Ukraine is trying “to break this formula and gain Russian territory to exchange,” he added. Well, yes, any negotiations now have to respect realities on the ground, which means part of Russia becomes Ukraine, if we follow Putin’s formula 3/

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“Putin has said many times that any peace agreement should take into account the facts on the ground and that Russia will not leave the territory it has taken,” said Sergei Markov, a Kremlin-connected political analyst 2/

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Russia dropped a guided aerial bomb on Myrnohrad, Donetsk region. An unfinished 9 story residential building and a supermarket nearby were hit. At least three people injured, there might be more people under the debris.

Myrnohrad literally means "peaceful city" in Ukrainian… pic.twitter.com/HXXzLEOQkP

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 17 août 2024

Russia dropped a guided aerial bomb on Myrnohrad, Donetsk region. An unfinished nine-story residential building and a nearby supermarket were hit. At least three people injured, there may be more people under the debris. Myrnohrad literally means "peaceful city" in Ukrainian.

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⚡️The moment of destruction of 🇷🇺Russian armored vehicles. pic.twitter.com/IxkHhLqJ4j

— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 17 août 2024

The moment of destruction of Russian armored vehicles.

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