As of that date, the fighting in Ukraine had ground on for longer than the first world war. In a grim irony, a conflict that looked like it might last just a few days, as Russian troops confidently stormed towards Kyiv in February 2022,

Parallels between the two wars abound, from the grinding nature of the fighting to the way new technologies reshaped warfare.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, the war’s tactics increasingly seem to match scenes from the First World War: soldiers huddle in trenches along stagnant front lines and navigate intense barrages. Beyond trench warfare, however ...

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A White House request for $87.6 billion in emergency funding has now landed in Congress, seeking to replenish Pentagon accounts drained by the Iran war. Of that, farmers would be allocated $11.1 billion toward economic assistance.

The war in Ukraine has now exceeded the first world war in duration. And while the comparison between these two conflicts is imperfect, it is becoming difficult to ignore. Some of the similarities are obvious.