Russia has suspended its grain deal with Ukraine after it says Ukraine attacked Russian ships in the Black Sea. And Ukraine’s planned counter-offensive in the Kherson region will likely be harder and slower than other fights to take back territory from the Russians.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes gets an update on the state of the conflict in Ukraine with Jeffrey Edmonds, a research scientist who focuses on the Russian military at the research and analysis organization CNA and the former director for Russia on the National Security Council.

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