What many in the West viewed as a strategic blunder is increasingly seen in Moscow as a costly but necessary gamble.

Editorial: Despite relentless attrition at appalling human cost, the Kremlin has not achieved its goals. Maximum economic pressure can undermine its war aims

A quick landgrab has distorted into a complex geopolitical conflict – and even Trump’s fulminations can’t seem to make Ukrainians give in, says Rajan Menon, a professor emeritus…

The quick victory never came. But a functional economy, controlled media and slow battle gains give Putin control.

What many in the West viewed as a strategic blunder is increasingly seen in Moscow as a costly but necessary gamble.