Day 1,917: attrition, crumble
In the past two years Russia and Ukraine have fought a costly war of attrition.
But Ukraine, with a fifth as many people as Russia, is hurting too. Its lines could crumble before Russia’s war effort is exhausted.
Artwork of the day
Crumbling Rocks
Gustave_CourbetDate:1864Style:RealismGenre:landscapeMedia:oil, canvas
Word of the day
attrition: gradually making something weaker and destroying it, especially the strength or confidence of an enemy by repeatedly attacking it:
crumble: to break, or cause something to break, into small pieces:
Quote of the day
“When he had thought of death before, he had thought of it either as a literary event or as the slow, quiet attrition of time against imperfect flesh.”
― John Williams, Stoner
