The deadline passed with no pause in the war — the fighting has in fact intensified as #Russia pushes forward with a summer offensive — and no new economic penalties on Russia.

“Instead of getting hit with #sanctions, #Putin got a summit,” said Ryhor Nizhnikau, a Russia expert & senior researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. “This is a tremendous victory for Putin no matter what the result of the summit.”

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