{"id":355693,"date":"2026-06-25T19:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-putin-will-escalate-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T19:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:00:08","slug":"why-putin-will-escalate-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-putin-will-escalate-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Putin will escalate in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/XdU7nxSkaac\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Putin will escalate in Ukraine\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdU7nxSkaac\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin is committed to \u201cabsolute victory or death\u201d in Ukraine, otherwise his enemies in Russia will sense weakness and \u201ctake him out\u201d, Prof Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School in New York, says.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vladimir Putin is committed to \u201cabsolute victory or death\u201d in Ukraine, otherwise his enemies in Russia will sense weakness and \u201ctake him out\u201d, Prof Nina Khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at The New School in New York, says. 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