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In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead

FILE - Russian RS-24 Yars ballistic missiles roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2020. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly warned that Russia could use "all available means" to protect its territory, a clear reference to the country's nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

FILE - Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential building destroyed by a Russian rocket in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Feb. 15, 2023. According to local authorities, at least two people were killed and 12 injured. Some experts warn that the war, which already has killed tens of thousands on both sides and reduced entire cities to ruins, could drag on for years. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Svitlana Havryliuk kneels next to the coffin of her husband, Serhii, 48, at his funeral in Tarasivka village, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 15, 2023. Havryliuk, an officer of the Azov Assault Brigade, died while defending the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on April 12, 2022. He was finally buried after DNA tests confirmed his identity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE - Nina Nikiforovа, 80, cries outside a church in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 11, 2023, at the funeral of her son Volodymyr, a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in the eastern part of the country. Some experts warn that the war, which already has killed tens of thousands on both sides and reduced entire cities to ruins, could drag on for years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE – The father and son of Russian army Sgt. Daniil Dumenko, 35, who was killed in Ukraine, mourn his death at a ceremony in Volzhsky, outside Volgograd, Russia, on May 26, 2022. Some experts warn that the war, which already has killed tens of thousands on both sides and reduced entire cities to ruins, could drag on for years. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Two Leopard 2 tanks are seen in action during a visit of German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2023. To back future Ukrainian counterattacks, its Western allies have promised new supplies of weapons, including hundreds of tanks and other armored vehicles along with artillery, rockets and other equipment. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Ukraine’s Kherson region on Jan. 9, 2023. Ukraine’s Western allies have promised new supplies of weapons, including hundreds of battle tanks and other armored vehicles, along with artillery, rockets and other equipment. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

FILE - In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Oct. 28, 2022, a Russian Ka-52 helicopter gunship fires at a target in an unknown location in Ukraine. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second year, both sides hope to turn the tide of war with big offensives. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses for a photo with soldiers after attending a flag-raising ceremony in the recaptured city of Izium, Ukraine, on Sept. 14, 2022. Zelenskyy has ruled out any talks with Russia until it withdraws all of its forces from Ukrainian territory, including Crimea. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

FILE - The body of Ukrainian serviceman Vadim Bereghnuy, 22, rests in a coffin during his funeral in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. Some experts warn that the Ukraine war, which has already killed tens of thousands on both sides and reduced entire cities to ruins could drag on for years. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

FILE - A woman at a cemetery in Volzhsky, outside Volgograd, Russia, on May 26, 2022, looks at the graves of Russian soldiers killed in the war in Ukraine. Some experts say that Europe's largest conflict since World War II could drag on for years. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 25, 2022. The yearlong war in Ukraine has left tens of thousands of dead and wounded on both sides, disrupted energy and food supplies, and reduced whole cities to ruins. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE - In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on April 20, 2022, a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia. Russia said it conducted a first test launch of the missile, a new and long-awaited addition to its nuclear arsenal. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

FILE - In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a long-range Tu-160 bomber takes off from a base in Russia to patrol Belarus’ airspace on Nov. 11, 2021. Russia has repeatedly hit Ukrainian energy facilities and other vital infrastructure in order to force Kyiv into making concessions. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a news conference following a meeting of the State Council at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Dec. 22, 2022. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a news conference with European Council President Charles Michel after a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 19, 2023. Zelenskyy has ruled out any talks with Russia until it withdraws all of its forces from Ukrainian territory, including Crimea. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FILE - A Ukrainian soldier helps a wounded comrade on the road in reclaimed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Sept. 12, 2022. Some experts say the yearlong conflict that already has killed tens of thousands and reduced whole cities to smoldering ruins could drag on for many more years. (AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov, File)

FILE - In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center right, takes a selfie with servicemen close to the front line in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on June 5, 2022. Zelenskyy has ruled out any talks with Russia until it withdraws all of its forces from Ukrainian territory, including Crimea. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)

FILE - This image provided by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and taken in February 2023 shows damaged Russian tanks in a field after an attack on Vuhledar, Ukraine. The coal-mining town on Ukraine's eastern front has emerged as a critical hot spot in Donetsk province. Securing the town would give both Ukrainian forces and Russian troops a tactical upper hand in the greater battle for the Donbas region. (Ukrainian Armed Forces via AP, File)

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers prepare to fire on the front line near Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Feb. 8, 2023. While Russia stubbornly presses its goals in the war, Ukraine and its Western allies want to prevent Moscow from ending the conflict with any territorial gains. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

FILE - Servicemen fire artillery from their position at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Oct. 11, 2022. Russia and Ukraine both hope to turn the tide of the yearlong war with big offensives. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, speaks to a soldier as he visits a military training center of the Western Military District for mobilized reservists in the Ryazan region of Russia, on Oct. 20, 2022. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is seen back to a camera. The Kremlin insists that any political settlement of the war in Ukraine must include the recognition of Crimea as part of Russia and the acceptance of its other territorial gains -- conditions that Ukraine has rejected. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery at Russian positions near Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2022. Russia and Ukraine both hope to turn the tide of the war with big offensives after. (AP Photo/LIBKOS, File)

FILE - A serviceman carries an artillery shell after firing at Ukrainian troops at an undisclosed location in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Oct. 11, 2022. While Russia is pressing its goals in the war, Ukraine and its Western allies stand firmly to prevent Moscow from having any territorial gains. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)

In Russia-Ukraine war, more disastrous path could lie ahead