At the one-year mark of Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden both insisted this week that they were committed to the fight. Putin prepared Russia for a long war to be waged ¡°step by step,¡± while the American president said ¡°we will not tire¡± in the quest to ensure a democratic Ukraine.
And in a news conference in Kyiv on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said he was ¡°certain¡± his country would win, calling victory inevitable.
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.
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