Ukraine confronts a grim 2024. The battlefield is stalemated. Its cities are facing brutal Russian attacks. The resolve of its Western partners may be flagging. This isn’t the outcome Ukraine and its backers most feared when Russia first invaded — but it isn’t what they hoped for once Kyiv weathered that assault and took the offensive. A protracted conflict raises a vexing question: Might different US choices over the first two years of the war have put Ukraine in a stronger position today?
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