As of Feb. 24‚ it has been two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The military‚ human‚ and economic toll of the war has been immense. While the front line has not moved dramatically in recent months‚ both sides are losing soldiers and weapons. Military casualties are shrouded in secrecy‚ but analysts put the death toll at more than 60‚000 combined‚ and likely much higher. At least 10‚000 civilians have been killed‚ according to United Nations figures‚ the bulk of...

This weekend marks the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. What began‚ in the Kremlin’s euphemistic terminology‚ as a “special military operation” that was meant to end in a few days with Ukraine’s capitulation has turned into a bloody‚ grinding conflict with no immediate end in sight. This is not to say that nothing has changed in the past two years. On the first anniversary‚ the mood in the West was optimistic. The success of the Ukrainian armed forces in beating...

The long-awaited counteroffensive last year failed. Russia has recaptured Avdiivka‚ its biggest war gain in nine months. President Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to quietly acknowledge the new military reality. The Biden Administration’s strategy is now to sustain Ukrainian defense until after the U.S. presidential elections‚ in the hope of wearing down Russian forces in a long war of attrition. This strategy seems sensible enough‚ but contains one crucially important...

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