The costs of the continuing war in Ukraine are unacceptable not only for those who have borne them most directly—the people of Ukraine—but for the entire Euro-Atlantic community of nations.
Since 2014, over 13,000 have died in the fighting, over 25,000 have been wounded, and some 2.5 million have been forced from their homes.
The economic, environmental and psychological impacts of this destruction will linger for decades. Even now, the fighting in Ukraine's Donbas region unders...
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Already a member? Login hereMatthew Rojansky is director of the Kennan Institute of the Wilson Center in Washington DC. Dr Sabine Fischer is senior fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs/SWP in Berlin. Dr Oleksiy Semeniy served until February 2020 as advisor to the secretary of the national security and defence council of Ukraine.
Matthew Rojansky is director of the Kennan Institute of the Wilson Center in Washington DC. Dr Sabine Fischer is senior fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs/SWP in Berlin. Dr Oleksiy Semeniy served until February 2020 as advisor to the secretary of the national security and defence council of Ukraine.