Vladimir Putin will agree a peace deal with Ukraine only as a means to an end to regroup Russia's beleaguered armed forces for another attempt at a full invasion, an expert on European politics has warned. Russia launched a 'full scale invasion' of the country on February 24 2022, sparking an international crisis and threatening to capture Kyiv in the opening days of the war. Ukraine, with strong backing from European allies and the US under Joe Biden , mounted a counter offensive and