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Or will 2026 be another year of grim attritional war, with Moscow and Kyiv treating the U.S. mediation effort as another battlefront?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The most likely is a fifth year of grinding attritional warfare, while talks go round in circles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Launching his 20th Australian Open campaign, Monfils outlasted Sweeny, who is 15 years his junior, in an attritional first set.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

That is also the view of many former army leaders who fear that the descent of the Gaza campaign into more attritional, guerilla-style warfare would lead to more deaths – of hostages, civilians and soldiers.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

The attritional effect of repeated raids may be very great.

From Sound Military Decision by Kalbfus, Edward C. (Edward Clifford)