A Slow Collapse: Russia's Real Strategy in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is not being fought to win, at least not in the conventional sense. Russia does not need tanks in Kyiv, nor does it seek to repaint the Dnieper with the colors of the old empire. What it wants is far simpler, and more insidious: time.
Moscow understands the arithmetic of attrition. Ukraine has roughly 36 million people. Russia, over 14…
