This Just In: War Is Hard

Photo: Putin’s top military advisors explain that the Ukrainian situation is so dire they are forced to meet around a shuffleboard table.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is proving to be far harder than the Kremlin — and indeed, most outside observers — expected. This is above all a tribute to the grit and determination of the Ukrainian people, whom many expected, through no fault of their own, to be little more than speed bumps under the treads of Russian armor barreling toward Kyiv.