How wars don’t end: Ukraine, Russia, and the lessons of world war 1
By: Macmillan, Margaret
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BookPublisher: Foreign Affairs Description: 102(4), Jul-Aug, 2023: p.52-65.
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Foreign AffairsSummary: On February 24, 2022, great Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkow and his wife were awakened in their home in Kyiv by the sound of Russian missiles. At first, he could not believe what was happening. “ You have to get used psychologically to the idea that war has begun, ‘he wrote. Many observe of the invasion felt and continue to feel that sense of disbelief. They were confounded by Russia’s open and massive assault and amazed at Ukraine’s dogged and successful resistance. Who, in those first days of the war, as the Russian columns advance, would have predicted that the two sides would still be fighting well over a year later? With so many more weapons and resources and so much more manpower to draw on, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Russia would crush Ukraine and seize its main cities in a matter of days. – Reproduced
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On February 24, 2022, great Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkow and his wife were awakened in their home in Kyiv by the sound of Russian missiles. At first, he could not believe what was happening. “ You have to get used psychologically to the idea that war has begun, ‘he wrote. Many observe of the invasion felt and continue to feel that sense of disbelief. They were confounded by Russia’s open and massive assault and amazed at Ukraine’s dogged and successful resistance. Who, in those first days of the war, as the Russian columns advance, would have predicted that the two sides would still be fighting well over a year later? With so many more weapons and resources and so much more manpower to draw on, it seemed a foregone conclusion that Russia would crush Ukraine and seize its main cities in a matter of days. – Reproduced
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