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CHRIS NINEHAM of the Stop the War Coalition argues that escalating the Ukraine war is a recipe for disaster — and we are already paying the price
As well as causing carnage in Ukraine and threatening to spread conflict, the war in Ukraine is helping to cause chaos in the world economy. The cost-of-living crisis has deeper roots, but sanctions against Russia and the dislocation caused by the fighting have been a major driver of fuel and food inflation that is devastating lives here and around the world.

RUSSIA has launched a series of rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities in the last week, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians. 

This is further evidence of the brutality of the war they are conducting. Vital civilian infrastructure has also been hit. The Russian army has also launched new offensives in the Donetsk.

These attacks are Vladimir Putin’s response to serious setbacks in the last month including the loss key city of Lyman in the Donbass and the humiliating attack on the vital Kerch Bridge, key communication between Crimea and Ukraine. 

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