It’s almost 18 months since Russia invaded Ukraine,
and peace seems no closer
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/08/its-almost-18-months-since-russia-invaded-ukraine-and-peace-seems-no-closer
Rajan Menon:
With the war approaching the 18-month mark, efforts like these are understandable. Parts of Ukraine have become rubble. Reconstruction costs are estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars. Some 11 million Ukrainians are either refugees or “internally displaced people” – about a quarter of the country’s population. More than 26,000 civilians have been killed or injured – some estimates run much higher – and military casualties may be four times greater. Anyone who has visited wartime Ukraine will attest that the enormity of devastation verges on the incomprehensible.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/08/its-almost-18-months-since-russia-invaded-ukraine-and-peace-seems-no-closer
Rajan Menon:
With the war approaching the 18-month mark, efforts like these are understandable. Parts of Ukraine have become rubble. Reconstruction costs are estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars. Some 11 million Ukrainians are either refugees or “internally displaced people” – about a quarter of the country’s population. More than 26,000 civilians have been killed or injured – some estimates run much higher – and military casualties may be four times greater. Anyone who has visited wartime Ukraine will attest that the enormity of devastation verges on the incomprehensible.