How to win Ukraine’s long war

the short war. Mobile and resourceful, its troops inflicted terrible losses and confounded . Now comes the long war. It will drain weapons, lives and money until one side loses the will to fight on. So far, this is a war that Russia is winning. In recent days its forces have taken the eastern city of . They are advancing on Lysychansk and may soon control all of Luhansk province. They also threaten Slovyansk, in the north of next-door Donetsk. Ukrainian leaders say they are outgunned and lack ammunition. Their government reckons as many as 200 of its troops are dying each day.