It can be simultaneously true that Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression is just and that Ukraine will not be able to achieve the objective of completely beating back Russian advances into its territory.
The Biden Administration seems to be slowly realizing that the hard realities on the ground will likely prevent the long arc of history from bending toward justice in this case.
As with many wars, the causes for its starting are somewhat more complicated than we would like to believe–the borders of Ukraine were somewhat arbitrary, and Russia’s claims of legitimate interests in the eastern provinces are not entirely without merit. With that said, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022 was unjustified and a simple act of aggression.
Taking Kyiv and the entirety of Ukraine bore no relation to whatever claims the Russians have to protect their Russian-speaking…
