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Céline Bayou
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"Funds for Syria will now be redirected to our operation in Ukraine. Additional squadrons of Russian aviation will now be redeployed to work on Ukrainian targets with peace of mind," said another Russian official."
www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/11/exclusive-russia-reeling-from-syrian-regimes-collapse-bets-on-chaos-to-preserve-its-foothold-a87297?s=09
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Kenneth Roth
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Putin somehow hopes to compensate for his unsuccessful defense of the brutal Syrian dictator Assad by doubling down on his war-crime attacks on civilians in Ukraine. trib.al/Hu28Pqc
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Kenneth Roth
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Syria's Assad showed that unspeakable brutality only reinforces popular determination to oust the tyrant. Putin hopes that his war crimes in Ukraine will somehow end up differently. trib.al/DoVULJJ
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Peter Baker
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"Our catastrophe": Russia's humbling setback in Syria could increase the stakes for Putin's war in Ukraine and shrink the room for compromise further even as Trump promises to make peace there. @AKurmanaev www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/world/europe/putin-syria-ukraine.html
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