WTH is Happening Two Years into the War in Ukraine? Yaroslav Trofimov Explains

Since Russia invaded Ukraine exactly two years ago, Yaroslav
Trofimov has been covering the war on the ground. His newest
book, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s
War of Independence, is a stunning account of the lead-up to the
war and how Ukraine has consistently upended the conventional
wisdom about its prospects for victory. But in recent weeks, the
Ukrainians have faltered, with support from the United States
hung up in a divided Congress. What is the lesson of history?
That our enemies will vanish – as long as America is resolute.


Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign affairs correspondent of
The Wall Street Journal. He has covered the Taliban takeover of
Afghanistan in 2021 and has been working out of Ukraine since
January 2022. He joined the Journal in 1999 and previously served
as Rome, Middle East and Singapore-based Asia correspondent, as
bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and as Dubai-based
columnist on the greater Middle East. He is the author of three
books, Our Enemies Will Vanish (2024), Faith at War (2005) and
Siege of Mecca (2007).


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