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Putin’s New Ukraine Strategy: Is Russia Retreating? – TLDR News

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Earlier this week Putin announced changes in Russia’s war strategy in Ukraine, with him seemingly deciding to pull back. So in this video, we examine what Putin says he’s doing and what Russia is actually doing in reality…

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1 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-first-phase-ukraine-operation-mostly-complete-focus-now-donbass-2022-03-25/
2 – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60916098
3 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/28/russia-says-it-is-changing-its-war-aims-in-ukraine
4 – https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/policy-statement-by-olaf-scholz-chancellor-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany-and-member-of-the-german-bundestag-27-february-2022-in-berlin-2008378
5 – https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/03/28/russia-says-it-is-changing-its-war-aims-in-ukraine
6 – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-isnt-naive-zelenskiy-says-after-russia-pledges-scale-down-attack-kyiv-2022-03-30/
7 – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60916098
8 – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60925713
9 – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/30/not-naive-ukraine-questions-russian-pledge-to-reduce-attacks
10 – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60916098
11 – https://ratinggroup.ua/en/research/ukraine/chetvertyy_obschenacionalnyy_opros_ukraincev_v_usloviyah_voyny_12-13_marta_2022_goda.html
12 – https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/ukraine/2022/03/losing-wars-and-saving-face
13 – https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/27/russia-has-no-plans-to-invade-either-ukraine-or-any-other-country-says-moscow-s-top-eu-dip

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  1. @guusellenkamp6935

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    I don't think Russia wants to take over the whole of Ukraine. They can't even, as especially in Western Ukraine people are more Western focused than Russia focused.

  2. @matvaughan8446

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    They definitely running away its not a regrouping what army regroups without takeing its military vehicals with it putin like his war is a failer and its time he was overthrown by force if necessary wake up russia see putin for the two faced snake he is look how his actions have destroyed your economy and how thousands of russian soldiers have died in putins name just to lose a war he started with his constant lies that to you the russian people saying everything is goin well if you call running away and leaving your millitary equipment behind is going well the you also belevie pigs fly Victory to Ukraine

  3. @oleggeraschenko4932

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Well, now Mariupol has been taken. Russia controls 20% of Ukrainian territory. Anyone still thinks Russia’s retreating?

  4. @fuufuublue

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Anyone else worried this retreat is a signal for a tactical nuke?

  5. @luchiandacian8815

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    They will never go back. They will retreat for a while to plan a new strategy. It is not a problem of "if" but "when" they will push more troops to decimate and completely destroy Ukraine with artillery. Their success in ww2 with Katiushas make them think that this is the way to kill blindly everything. If they can not occupy, they will destroy everything as they did in Mariupol. Putin do not know what means forgiveness. If you are against him, you must die. He does not know anything else and so was Stalin. They never care about their soldiers and millions of death. The empire is more precious than the life of the soldiers. If Putin is replaced because he is sick or something, somebody else, much worse can replace him in the next minute.

  6. @commanderdark3399

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    lol russia gets defeated in Kiev and then pretty much says "all according to plan"

  7. @latelino

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    "The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction" (Bible).🇺🇦🇧🇷

  8. @arlequin241

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    I like this way of presenting news

  9. @AndreAndFriends

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    This is only special military parade.
    Then all Russian military will go home.
    Just read Russian history. They always do a parade then go home.

  10. @veritas41photo

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Saturated with ad-infinitum advertising. Assumes from the beginning that Russian propaganda is at least partially true, which is ridiculous. Worthless. Thumb Down. Si Yo Nara.

  11. @Pemadam-

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Man I wish Russia use TSAR BOMB to wiped out the Ukraine

  12. @staticsfs6823

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    I think they are getting 1812 flashbacks

  13. @Healthandwealth9422

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Nuclear talks are on the rise, troops evacuated Kiev. Oh dear he might be preparing for nukes

  14. @dandanfree2925

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    retreating will be un easier job for the russian army then advancing…..The 18.600 dead soldiers + the 24.000 wounded + 1380 captured soldiers + 2404 vehicles of any kind destroyed
    ALL THESE NOT NEED TO BE RE-DEPLOYED.

  15. @Stop4MotionMakr

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    He chose his words so carefully he accidentally started describing himself.

  16. @alfredneuman6488

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Putin visits a fortune teller and asks her, " what will happen in the near future."
    She says; "I see you riding in a limousine through a large crowd, the people are happy, laughing and cheering, jumping for joy, hugging each other and all have big smiles on their faces!"
    Putin asks her; "Am I waving at them?!?"
    "No," she says, "the coffin is closed……..!"
    Путин посещает гадалку и спрашивает ее, «что будет в ближайшее время». Она говорит: «Я вижу, как вы едете в лимузине через большую толпу, люди счастливы, смеются и аплодируют, прыгают от радости, обнимают друг друга и у всех большие улыбки на лицах!» — спрашивает ее Путин; «Я машу им?!?» «Нет, — говорит она, — гроб закрыт…

  17. @felicioneto5656

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    .Sacrificing one's own people in a war that, in the end, will culminate in “`"not joining NATO"“`, ending irrationality and contempt for life, both Putin and Zelensky.

    Zelensky, enough of the cute speeches while your people are murdered. Everyone knows about the fascism that exists in Putin, and that there is no way to beat Russia militarily and you knew that. So why insist?
    It shouldn't even have started this war, it should have said to NATO, “`for later“`, simple as that.
    Negotiate peace where Ukraine should never have left.

  18. @callhone1951

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    NO………..

  19. @yufengyan

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Lol

  20. @GlennSchultes

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    I still think it's about the Gas – Ukraine found large gas reserves in their East, and in the Black Sea off their coast.
    Russia controls Europe because they need Russian Gas. Ukraine could have developed their gas fields and sent it directly to Europe (with shorter pipelines) and that would weaken the Russian monopoly. If they stop now, it's because they've taken the areas with the Gas. But as there is still one very large gas field in the West of Ukraine, I expect the invasion will continue.

  21. @MrDude826

    March 3, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    Well they've retreated from the north of Kiev.

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Is Russia Planning Another Mobilisation?

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With Russia’s persistent struggles on the frontlines, speculation that Putin could once again call for a mobilisation in order to improve his prospects on the frontlines. But given the major backlash to his previous attempt, will he risk it again?

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1 – https://meduza.io/amp/en/feature/2026/09/10/putin-dismisses-rumors-of-another-mobilization-as-nonsense-but-can-russia-keep-fighting-without-another-round-of-forced-recruitment
2 – https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/19/russians-leave-before-election-ends-fearing-mobilisation-to-follow
3 – https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/will-putin-resume-mobilization-if-so-when-and-why
4 – https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-18-2026/
5 – https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/04/07/russia-has-shifted-to-a-year-round-conscription-system-here-s-what-that-means-for-the-country-s-young-men
6 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/russia-ukraine-putin-recruiters-mobilisation
7 – https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/what-we-know-about-north-korean-forces-joining-russias-war-against-ukraine-2026-08-06/
8 – https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur46/1361/2026/en/ 
9 – https://unn.ua/en/amp/russia-raised-payments-to-millions-but-the-number-of-contract-soldiers-has-decreased
10 – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/russia-losing-6000-more-troops-than-it-can-recruit-each-month-in-ukraine-says-west 
11 – https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/21/should-russia-brace-for-a-new-mobilization-a93256 
12 – https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/06/24/something-could-start-as-early-as-october-russian-authorities-are-discussing-a-new-wave-of-mobilization-after-the-state-duma-elections
13 – https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-tests-readiness-for-new-round-of-military-mobilization-87d61b96
14 – https://ua.news/en/world/u-rosiyi-gotuiut-spiski-pratsivnikiv-iz-bronniu-vid-mobilizatsiyi
15 – https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/will-putin-resume-mobilization-if-so-when-and-why
16 – https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-12-2026/
17 – https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/21/as-fears-of-post-election-mobilization-swirl-russian-activists-prepare-for-the-worst-a93761
18 – https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-09-13/russia-uses-arrests-and-coercion-to-send-more-recruits-to-the-front-in-ukraine.html
19 – https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-29-2025/

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As a new front opens up in Mali, Russia and Ukraine are apparently continuing their battle away from home. In this video, we’re going to look at why Ukrainian forces are operating in Africa, what led to it and how it affects the war at home.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78ld18lgr9o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl5jeg5r15o
https://www.csis.org/analysis/tracking-arrival-russias-wagner-group-mali
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russias-wagner-mercenary-group-says-it-is-leaving-mali-after-mission-2025-06-06/
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/malis-army-claims-capture-rebel-stronghold-kidal-2023-11-14/
https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/monthly-forecast/2026-07/west-africa-and-the-sahel-17.php
https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/fall-of-northern-mali-jnim-fla-offensive-russia-issp-camara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCG-_I-DYk
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/12/africa/ukraine-russia-drones-mali-libya-intl
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/world/europe/ukraine-air-defense-deal-qatar-saudi-arabia.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/ukraine-denies-involvement-mali-attack-says-cutting-ties-short-sighted-2024-08-05/
https://adf-magazine.com/2023/12/as-critics-warn-of-blood-gold-mali-signs-deal-with-russia-to-open-refinery/
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/29106
https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/north-african-country-with-6-russian-military-bases-denies-allowing-ukraine-to-use/tkltznz=
https://english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine-s-hur-hits-russian-base-in-syria-after-putin-assad-meeting-50439035.html
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On Wednesday, the EU invited Canada to become an “associate member”, but with many candidate countries waiting in the wings, it’s unclear what this actually means in practice. Could this be the first step towards a multi-tier vision of Europe?

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Ursula von der Leyen State of the Union speech, proposing associate membership for Canada:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_1868 

Macron’s two-tier proposal:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/05/11/what-do-we-know-about-macron-s-idea-for-a-two-tier-europe 

Merz proposes associate membership for Ukraine:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/21/merz-proposes-associate-eu-membership-for-ukraine-with-mutual-assistance 

Albania & Serbia back gradual integration:
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/serbia-and-albania-issue-joint-text-on-eu-accession-without-veto 

Ukraine opposes gradual integration/membership-lite:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/europe-cannot-afford-to-leave-ukraine-trapped-in-the-geopolitical-grey-zone/ 

EU member reservations about Canada associate membership:
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-capitals-mark-carney-ursula-von-der-leyen-associate-membership-canada/ 
https://www.ft.com/content/7b1a00f1-6842-4f5e-ace4-d6a57e98b21e 

EU is already ad hoc:
https://www.euractiv.com/news/rapporteur-the-rise-of-ad-hoc-europe/

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