The sunlit conference room at the luxury German resort of Elmau Castle, nestled in the green mountain folds of Bavaria, was about as far removed from the bloody, missile-littered landscape of Ukraine as one can get.
The sunlit conference room at the luxury German resort of Elmau Castle, nestled in the green mountain folds of Bavaria, was about as far removed from the bloody, missile-littered landscape of Ukraine as one can get.
The difference between victory and simply not losing the war in Ukraine is something that allies need to focus on, say former top U.S. officials, some of whom are advocating for the creation a special, wholly western-equipped Ukrainian force that would concentrate on defeating the Russians, rather than simply holding them at bay.