Commentary
Seven months into the Russia-Ukraine War, a winner has clearly emerged—China.
Russia isn’t winning. Its territorial gains in the Donbass, in Ukraine’s south, have stalled, and it has lost ground in Ukraine’s east, where Ukraine broke through Russian lines to reclaim some 2,317 square miles.
Ukraine isn’t winning. Despite massive military aid from Western nations and an army that exceeds 300,000—larger than Russia’s invading force of 190,000—Ukraine hasn’t been able to repel the invasion. NATO’s secretary general this month told BBC that despite Ukraine’s recent breakthrough, “this is not the beginning of the end of the war, we need to be prepared for the long haul.”…