No end in sight for costly Russia-Ukraine stalemate

It appears that neither Russia nor the NATO-supplied and -trained Armed Forces of Ukraine have the capability to deliver a heavy enough knock-out blow that would end this war any time soon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian military is no longer the parade square paper tigers that rolled across the Ukraine border in February 2022, writes Scott Taylor.Photographs courtesy of President of Ukraine/Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

August 14, 2023

OTTAWA—We are now well into the second year since Russia invaded Ukraine, and it appears that a costly stalemate has resulted, with no short-term end in sight.

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