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  <title>CNN: ‘Doing the least obvious thing’: Ukraine embarrasses Putin with surprise assault on southern Russia</title>
  <pubDate>August 12, 2024</pubDate>
  <description>Matthew Schmidt, associate professor of international affairs, national security, and political science, comments that the Ukrainians’ 'creative use of force was designed to put pressure on the decision-makers in Moscow.'</description>
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  <author>matthew-schmidt</author>
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