Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Vladimir Putin Isn't Giving Up His Assault on Ukraine

The Russian president has demonstrated that he still retains more reserves of power as a dictator, military force and propagandist than many expected.

January 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM UTC

By Timothy L. O'Brien

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have reached a stalemate.
Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg

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In early 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a sprawling, brutal follow-up to his land-grab of Crimea in 2014. Casualty figures are hard to assess precisely, but tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have been killed or wounded on both sides of the war — with the full tally estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands.