Weekend Update #138: Do Not Forget About Ukraine

Putin Restates Maximalist Demands; A Ukrainian Victory Strategy; The Russian Summer Offensive: The Real Center Of Gravity?

Hi all,

This week Kyiv experienced the most deadly attack it had gone through for many months. On Tuesday evening Kyiv, and other places in Ukraine, were hit by one of the largest Russian ranged attacks of the entire war—involving 440 drones and 32 missiles. One drone, for instance, smashed into a Kyiv apartment block, causing many deaths. By the end of …