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Experts told Newsweek that Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to view the first 100 days of his invasion against Ukraine with enormous disappointment.

Max Bergmann is the director of the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He served as a senior Adviser at the State Department from 2011-2017.

The fire season has started early in Siberia, as drought and strong winds fuel blazes in its carbon-rich peat forests. But with Russian forces fighting in Ukraine, this year's emergency response could suffer.

The reality of a fractured Ukraine, where Moscow retains control or significant influence over a major area, raises questions about future boundaries and whether other autocratic nations may be emboldened to try to seize control of neighbouring regions.

In today's Morning Brief, a fractured Ukraine, where Moscow retains control or significant influence over major areas in eastern and southern parts of Ukraine, is the anticipated indefinite future of the beleaguered country.

Russian President Vladimir Putins claim of success in Mariupol fits his need for a win in Ukraine before Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9.

Putins war has unleashed a debate in Berlin that has been taboo for decades: Does Europe need a share nuclear deterrence of its own?

Uk there, speaking to the bbc a little earlier. max bergmann is a former us department of state official and is now a seniorfellow at the policy institute the center for american progress, where he focuses on europe, russia and us security. it is great to have you on the programme. i want to stop byjust picking up off those comments from the ukrainian ambassador to the uk, thats a big statement to make, that they would contemplate giving up that ambition ofjoining nato. what do you make of that?...

Agree to have ukrainejoin, and ukrainejoining at this moment agree to have ukrainejoin, and ukraine joining at this moment would mean war with russia, to me, the notion that the us or ukraine can promise to not make ukraine part of their nato or ukraine would drop its ambitions tojoin nato, that their nato or ukraine would drop its ambitions to join nato, that would defuse this crisis, i dont think that would work. because ultimately, what i think this crisis is about is the kremlin, vladimir pu...

All pointing in one direction, and on the diplomatic front, that theres no diplomatic talks right now... the us and europe have engaged with russia to try and open up diplomatic talks and theyve been rejected by the russians, so i think theres a difference of perspective, i think zelensky has to try and keep calm, wants investors to stay in. hes hoping that russias deterred and this is all a bluff. and so i think both leaders are just coming at this from a different perspective, but for the unit...