Ukraine’s 40-day campaign has not brought the war closer to an end

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 40-day campaign designed to pressure Russia into ending the war has concluded without achieving its goals, leaving Kyiv to face difficult choices. The initiative, which relied on high-intensity, long-range missile strikes to force Moscow to accept Ukrainian terms, has failed to shift Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stance. With the escalation yielding no concessions