From a Wall Street Journal story by Marcus Walker, Daniel Michaels, and Michael R. Gordon headlined “Russia’s War on Ukraine at 100 Days Has No End in Sight, Threatening Global Costs”:

After 100 days, Russia’s war on Ukraine is turning into a bloody slog with no end in sight, causing mounting devastation in Ukraine and prolonged costs world-wide.

The biggest conflict between European states since World War II has undergone swings of fortune that offer a reminder of war’s unpredictability. The failure of Russia’s early blitzkrieg fueled Ukrainian confidence that is ebbing as Russia concentrates its firepower on a narrower, grinding advance.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Ukraine will likely be preparing to resist a new Russian military assault in the east with weapons and equipment the U.S. once considered too risky to provide to Kyiv, highlighting how the line between offensive and defensive assistance has blurred in recent weeks, Courtney McBride reports.

Loud explosions rocked Kyiv early Friday as Russia threatened to escalate attacks on Ukrainian command centers in response to alleged strikes inside Russian territory, with both sides gearing up for a new stage in the ground war (▶️Video), Brett Forrest and Matthew Luxmoore report.

From a Washington Post story by Bryan Pietsch, Jennifer Hassan, Adela Suliman, Amy Cheng, and Andrew Jeong headlined “Biden accuses Russia of genocide; OSCE says Russia broke international law”: