Russia may hope to use Trump's 50-day window to wear down Ukraine, but quick gains seem unlikely
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FILE - In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman prepares to fire a howitzer toward Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP, File)FILE - Rescue workers try to put out a fire at an apartment building heavily damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)FILE - A family sleeps in a metro station as they take cover during a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)FILE - A Ukrainian soldier walks past damaged buildings in central Pokrovsk, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Shtekel, File)FILE - In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters try to put out a fire following a Russian attack in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP, File)
Ukrainian 24th Mechanized brigade
FILE - In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman prepares to fire a howitzer toward Russian army positions near Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade via AP, File)
