strategic maneuver

Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander of the Ukrainian military, scoffed at the Russian’s announced retreat, suggesting in a Facebook post on Thursday that it was a voluntary strategic maneuver intended to save its soldiers lives.

Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhny, the commander of the Ukrainian military, scoffed in a post on Facebook Thursday at the Russian’s announced explanation for its retreat, which suggested it was a strategic maneuver intended to save its soldiers lives.

The NRA did not strenuously oppose the move, in an apparent strategic maneuver to forestall legislation.

“This is what gives Putin his freedom of strategic maneuver,” Adam Tooze, a Columbia University economic historian, has written.

In a statement, the committee tried to brand the decision as a strategic maneuver rather than a defeat.