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Should Ukraine Take the War Into Russia?
No. The better way to fight Putin is to divide Russian forces inside Ukraine and cut off Crimea.
Russians fighting against Putin and for Ukraine.
Photographer: Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images
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In recent days, Ukraine may or may not have started taking the war to the Russians in their own country. Let’s say it did — or that it plans to. Would that be a good idea?
This week, paramilitary forces crossed from Ukraine into Russia and caused a major ruckus — though so far not much more. The Russians, as is their wont, immediately blamed the incursion on “Ukrainian terrorists” and “fascists.” You can ignore all that — and indeed everything coming out of the Kremlin, whose specialty is lying.