One month in, there's no end in sight for the war in Ukraine

Ukraine’s darkening spiral of atrocity has led to tens of thousands of dead, millions of refugees, pummelled cities, a humiliated Russian army and a suffering global economy

The biggest war in Europe since World War Two has, after a month, killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions, with no end yet in sight and the danger of escalation constantly looming.

The Russian army was unable to seize control of Ukraine with a lightning offensive in the first week of the war, and shifted strategy to the levelling of cit…