"We know this war is not just about Ukraine. The Kremlin wants to create a new Russian empire."
"I fear that Russia's invasion, regardless of its outcome, portends a new era of immense hostility with Moscow — and that this new cold war will be far worse than the first," Mary Elise Sarotte wrote in a guest essay last week. |
On one hand, this moment feels familiar, like we've been here before — but at the same time like we're entering new territory. That sentiment was only magnified a week ago when President Vladimir Putin put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert. While, as Spencer Bokat-Lindell notes, there's a record of nuclear powers threatening to use their arsenals throughout history, one destabilizing effect of this invasion "could be a renewed global thirst for nuclear weapons as a means of protecting national sovereignty." |
As tension rises, Ukrainians continue to fight — and they believe they can win, our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes: "The odds remain against the Ukrainians. But their conviction has given them a chance." Andriy Yermak, the top aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, writing beside him from a bunker in the capital, said they remain solid in their resolve to defeat the invaders: "We will fight to the last breath to protect our country." |
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