Russia’s Ukraine invasion won’t be over soon – and Putin is counting on the West’s short attention span
- Written by: Matthew Sussex, Fellow, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
As Russia’s war in Ukraine becomes a quagmire of attrition, Western leaders are slowly coming to two realisations about Vladimir Putin’s intentions.
First, Russia’s war against Ukraine won’t be over soon, and is likely to grind on for the foreseeable future.
Second, it’s pointless to try to imagine a future in which...
