Ukraine war anniversary: where are we now?

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Katie Stallard Two years ago, Vladimir Putin made a bet: Ukraine would capitulate, Volodymyr Zelensky would flee, and the West’s response would be manageable. He had reason to believe this. Russia had seized Crimea without a fight. Zelensky was a former comedian who had shown little sign of the wartime leader he was about to become. The self-inflicted calamity of Brexit and the chaotic presidency of Donald Trump testified to the dysfunction of Western democracies, while the shambolic withdrawal from Afghanistan the previous year provided the clearest possible illustration of an America in retreat, even with a Democrat in charge....