The Easter Truce: Why Putin Paused the War (But Didn’t Stop Fighting)
This members-only Mackinder Insights briefing explores how strategic messaging — not battlefield logic — shaped Russia’s latest move.
A ceasefire that never really existed. A message no one believed.
Putin’s Easter truce wasn’t about peace — it was about perception.
Along a 1,000 km+ frontline, shelling didn’t stop. So why broadcast a 30-hour pause that was never real?
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