The Latest Surprises and Twists in the Ukraine War

Julia Yoffe is in Spain wrapping up her Memorial Day weekend, after which she will fly to Rome and bunker down for my one month book leave. When this form took place last year, it was just a few months into the war and people were still kind of in shock; weren't sure that Ukraine was going to be able to sustain this level of effort. Now, there's a sense that sure, a lot of things are pending while we wait for the Ukrainian offensive. Most of Ukraine is still whole. It's still under Ukrainian rule. Its economy needs building back up.