Principle over Pathology

Vladimir Putin may have targeted schools, maternity wards, apartment buildings, and a theater sheltering children, but he and his gang are not in control of the places they occupy. There is a reason why: Few Ukrainians are willing to collaborate with the occupiers. The overwhelming majority, more than 90 percent, believe they will defeat them. The Ukrainian army refuses to surrender, even in cities badly damaged by bombardment.

Russian planners expected an easy war, the conquest of Ukraine, to last no more than six weeks. Now, two months have passed. In this war, victory can be imagined…