{"id":14414,"date":"2023-02-24T20:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T04:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14414"},"modified":"2023-02-24T20:07:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T04:07:36","slug":"russia-ukraine-and-the-west-vow-to-fight-on-in-a-war-with-no-end-in-sight-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=14414","title":{"rendered":"“Russia, Ukraine and the West Vow to Fight On, in a War With No End in Sight”, The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span>Anton Troianovski<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Steven Erlanger<\/a><\/span> and Marc Santora<\/a>, Feb. 24, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow and Kyiv face daunting challenges in moving forward, with no clear sense of what an attainable victory might look like<\/em><\/p>\n

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At the one-year mark of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, President Vladimir V. Putin and President Biden both insisted this week that they were committed to the fight. Mr. Putin prepared Russia for a long war to be waged \u201cstep by step,\u201d while the American president said \u201cwe will not tire\u201d in the quest to ensure a democratic Ukraine.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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And in a news conference in Kyiv on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said he was \u201ccertain\u201d his country would win, calling victory inevitable.<\/p>\n

But none of the leaders made it clear what an attainable victory might look like, while hitching their legacies to a war with no discernible end.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutin is as committed as he\u2019s ever been to his grand victory,\u201d said Eugene Rumer, a former American intelligence officer and the director of the Russia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. \u201cUkrainians are as committed as ever to defeating Putin, even if it will be at a most terrible price.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Declaring the resolve to fight on, however, is much easier than mustering the resources and support to do so. Ukraine, with a population less than a third that of Russia and an economy devastated by the invasion, is increasingly dependent on Western aid. Russia, facing sanctions and voluminous frontline casualties, depends on close ties and economic cooperation with China, as well as a populace and a ruling elite that remain willing to accept the pain caused by Mr. Putin\u2019s war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n