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Russia’s War in Ukraine

Understanding the conflict four years on.

More than four years into it, Ukraine finds itself fighting a multifront war. It is a fight against Russia, obviously and always, but also sometimes against the Trump administration and its envoys and enervations. And sometimes against states in the European Union—either the simply timid, such as Belgium, or the openly hostile, especially Hungary.

All that has come to a head in the past few days and weeks, and the outcome of this five-cornered struggle could decisively shape the start of the war’s fifth year.

More than four years into it, Ukraine finds itself fighting a multifront war. It is a fight against Russia, obviously and always, but also sometimes against the Trump administration and its envoys and enervations. And sometimes against states in the European Union—either the simply timid, such as Belgium, or the openly hostile, especially Hungary.

All that has come to a head in the past few days and weeks, and the outcome of this five-cornered struggle could decisively shape the start of the war’s fifth year.

The big thing that happened earlier this week was a very long-range, Ukrainian double airstrike on the Kaleykino pipeline pumping station in Almetyevsk, located deep in Russia, nearly 1,500 kilometers........

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