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Used for Russia's ability to control the pace and sequence of war rather than merely react to Ukrainian or Western moves.
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strategic initiative
A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...have a major advantage and the major advantage is they have strategic initiative meaning that they're able to control the tempo of the battle..."
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...have a major advantage and the major advantage is they have strategic initiative meaning that they're able to control the tempo of the battle..."
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Jiang argues that Ukraine's army and even its statehood have effectively collapsed, giving Russia the strategic initiative and allowing it to dictate pace.
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"...have a major advantage and the major advantage is they have strategic initiative meaning that they're able to control the tempo of the battle..."
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"streets and forcing a fight on the front lines of uh of donbass without any real training without any hope and so you have..."
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