There are moments in history when the civilized world is asked not for its opinion but for its nerve. This is one of those moments.
Nearly four years into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s all-out war on Ukraine, and Europe’s bloodiest conflict since World War II grinds on with a brutality that has become almost background noise.
By Western estimates, Russia has now suffered well over a million casualties — killed and wounded — in Ukraine. In recent months, the Kremlin has been losing roughly a thousand men a day for gains measured in ruined villages and a few square miles of mud. Ukraine’s losses, while smaller in absolute numbers, are devastating for a country less than a third of Russia’s size.