As the war in Ukraine passes its one-hundredth day, Moscow, Kyiv, and the West brace for a protracted conflict.

“America’s goal is straightforward,” President Joe Biden wrote in a New York Times op-ed earlier this week. “We want to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.” Biden, quoting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrote that the war “will only definitively end through diplomacy.” But, he added, “Every negotiation reflects the facts on the ground. We have moved quickly to send Ukraine a significant amount of weaponry and ammunition so it can fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table.”

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