Putin's invasion, Biden's equivocation

The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2014, has resumed. Putin was not deterred. The threat of sanctions failed to stop Putin from launching a full-scale assault spanning the width and depth of Ukraine.

Putin may not intend to take and hold all of Ukraine, but his newly stated objective—"the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine"—certainly bodes ill for Ukrainian independence and democracy. At the very least, Putin’s military objectives appear more significant than many had envisioned.