Conrad Black: What Led to Ukraine’s Surprising Incursion Into Russia

Conrad Black: What Led to Ukraine’s Surprising Incursion Into Russia
Local volunteers walk past a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk, Russia, on Aug. 16, 2024. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images
Conrad Black
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The recent Ukrainian incursion into Russia has shattered the truism that it is impossible to achieve surprise in an offensive in the drone era, and that no swift progress can be made where extensive fortifications have caused the line of battle to stabilize. It also illustrates the many errors that Russia has made in this generally unsuccessful, aggressive war to suppress Ukraine, and the remarkable talent at innovation of the Ukrainians.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.