Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the largest ground offensive in Europe since the second world war, has unleashed not one but two struggles. The first is the military conflict for the freedom of Ukraine. The second is the broader geopolitical contest. Neither is going as the Russian president hoped when he launched his shameful and unprovoked attack. But both are in their earliest days.
The slow initial Russian advance and extraordinary scenes as artists pick up guns, bankers prepare Molotov cocktails and unarmed people confront tanks are testament to Ukrainians’…
