external In the Media July 5, 2022 Matthew Schmidt, associate professor of international affairs, national security, and political science, says that Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to have ‘a win’ in the Donbas to continue to have support from his government to keep fighting. https://www.thequint.com/news/world/ukraine-war-donetsk-is-next-as-luhansk-falls-to-russia-donbas-is-the-big-prize#read-more matthew-schmidt news-all news-in-the-media year-2022 month-july name-matthew-schmidt