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Wall Street Journal

How to Help Ukraine Win the War of Attrition

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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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Ukrainian soldiers in a 2S3 Akatsiya howitzer on the front line near Toretsk, Ukraine, on August 2, 2023. (Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Eighteen months intoʉ۪s war on Ukraine, two things seem clear. First, the war matters. After 15 years of failed Western responses to Russian aggression against Georgia and Ukraine, another failure to contain and deter Russia would have catastrophic consequences around the world.