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What that means is that if you’re Russia… your mechanism for applying military pressure on Ukraine is diminished,” Withington told CNN. “I think that given this situation on the ground, the use of air power is possibly the only avenue actually now open to the Russian leadership in terms of hoping to have any kind of strategic effect on Ukraine.”

“Ukraine is trying to reduce Russian oil revenue, and therefore write down its capacity to continue the war, and make life more difficult economically for the Russian state and the Russian people...Ukrainian attacks coinciding with the International Economic Forum will “not just be sending a message to Russia — they will also send a message to Russia’s partners or potential partners,” Reynolds said.