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How Putin may react to the rift between the U.S. and Ukraine

NPR | By Steve Inskeep

Published October 16, 2026 at 3:50 AM CDT

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Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.

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