Author: Roger McDermott / Eurasia Daily Monitor

As March drew to a close, Moscow recalibrated its maximalist war aims in Ukraine, officially designating the “special military operation” as now aimed primarily at “liberating” the entire Donbas region. The demonstrated regrouping of Russia’s forces in the vicinity of Kyiv and Chernihiv is supposed to presage a much wider and deeper Russian assault on...

Russia’s Armed Forces continue to arrive in Belarus for the bilateral large-scale military exercise Soyuznaya Reshimost (Allied Resolve) 2022, officially scheduled for February 10-20. These deployments, which add to the wider Russian force buildup in proximity to Ukraine’s borders (see Eurasia Daily Monitor, January 26), involves moving equipment, hardware, weapons systems and military personnel from...