The Ukraine War Is Also a Blood-for-Oil War

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9/13/2023Updated: 9/13/2023

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Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine is a desperate bid to assemble a 21st-century Russian Empire. It is also an oil war—or more accurately, a war to steal Ukraine’s energy reserves.

Austin Bay

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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”

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