Lawrence Freedman writes: As the Russo-Ukrainian War takes a darker turn it is important to emphasise this essential point. This is a war that Vladimir Putin cannot win, however long it lasts and however cruel his methods.   From the start the Russian campaign has been hampered by political objectives that cannot be translated...

Interfax-Ukraine reports: The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) shot and killed Denys Kyreyev, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team at the first round of negotiations with Russia in Belarus, while attempting to detain him, Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleksiy Honcharenko said. “During an attempt to detain Denys Kyreyev, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation,...