Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Russian Atrocities, Ukrainian Perseverance

On the vast Web are video clips, which apparently show the beheading of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian forces. You can find them if you want. Also, a headline from Human Rights Watch reads, “Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson.” The report is here. Are we numb to all this? Inclined to yawn? This is something to resist, I think.

In a recent article, Nick Cohen, the British journalist, had a haunting couple of lines: “The massacre of civilians and prisoners of war at Bucha caught the world’s fickle attention last spring. But the attention has faded as the body count has risen.”

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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On the vast Web are video clips, which apparently show the beheading of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian forces. You can find them if you want. Also, a headline from Human Rights Watch reads, “Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson.” The report is here. Are we numb to all this? Inclined to yawn? This is something to resist, I think.

In a recent article, Nick Cohen, the British journalist, had a haunting couple of lines: “The massacre of civilians and prisoners of war at Bucha caught the world’s fickle attention last spring. But the attention has faded as the body count has risen.”