1,569 Days of War in Ukraine: "A Brutal Conflict Longer Than World War I"

As of June 11, the war in Ukraine has reached its 1,569th day since it began on February 24, 2022, surpassing the duration of World War I.

World War I lasted for 1,568 days, beginning on July 28, 1914, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, and ending with the armistice on November 11, 1918.

The New York Times noted that while World War I was "long and brutal," the current war in Ukraine has now continued even longer.

The newspaper remarked that "the war in Ukraine has often been compared to World War I due to its brutal infantry assaults and massive casualties," adding that it was once unthinkable that the war in Ukraine could become even more protracted than the First World War.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is known to have expected a swift victory, aiming to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a short period when he launched the war under the pretext of a "special military operation."

Public opinion polls conducted in Ukraine show that about half of Ukrainians believe the war will not end before next year.

Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak assessed that the war in Ukraine has had as significant an impact on modern European history as World War I, in that it has reshaped military alliances and spurred a buildup of defense capabilities not seen in decades, fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape of Europe.

Furthermore, just as airplanes and tanks were introduced as new military technologies during World War I over a century ago, drones are being evaluated as a new military technology in the Ukraine war that has changed the nature of the conflict.

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