War in Ukraine

Denmark has been one of Ukraine’s most devoted allies since the start of the full-scale invasion, notably setting a precedent in 2024 by committing to deliver all its artillery reserves to Ukraine.

“He may see himself as a Tsar, but he is a slave of war,” President Zelenskyy said regarding the Russian leader at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, adding that Putin “cannot imagine life without power or after power.” How many wars has Russia been in since Putin came to power?

For years, analysts spoke of “Fortress Russia”—an economy insulated by vast reserves and conservative fiscal policy. Then, what began as a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine has evolved into a full-scale degradation of Russia’s economic system.

Moscow’s myth of Ukraine’s “inevitable defeat” collapses under basic arithmetic. To capture the rest of the Donetsk region could cost Russia years more war and hundreds of thousands of additional lives. The resources already lost were enough to build a world-class AI sector.

Ukraine’s defense industry has grown dozens of times over since the start of the full-scale invasion. Crucially, this growth is not about reviving production lines established decades ago, but about building entirely new, high-tech weapons systems that are already in demand worldwide.

The Kremlin claims it targets military sites in Ukraine, yet homes, power infrastructure—and American businesses—keep getting hit. In one such case, while Moscow said it was destroying drone production, it struck an Oreo cookie factory instead.