Fifteen thousand dead. $100 billion in damage. Ukraine tallies the cost of 100 days of war.

Fifteen thousand dead and far more wounded. About 6 million refugees. Half of businesses closed and 4.8 million jobs lost. More than 1.5 million people displaced internally. At least $100 billion in damage to infrastructure.

One hundred days into Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is still counting the cost.

For people who have lost someone they love, of course, the toll of the war, whatever its outcome, goes far beyond a statistical accounting. And for the war’s leaders, any assessment of the price of the conflict will eventually be made with reference to its eventual winner.

Neither side demonstrated any appetite for ending the conflict on Friday. Peace talks have long been stalled. NATO’s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, warned the conflict has become “a war of attrition,” with no end in sight. Read more

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