Foreign Policy

The cold hard truth: Ukraine could lose to Putin if it can’t win this year

By Jamie McIntyre
Published February 24, 2023 5:17am ET
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The cold hard truth: Ukraine could lose to Putin if it can’t win this year
A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara. | U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zayid Ballesteros


Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky knows he has only one sure path to lasting victory over Vladimir Putin’s invasion force — and it doesn’t involve trading land for peace.

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NATO Russia Russia-Ukraine War Ukraine Vladimir Putin Volodymyr Zelensky