"Russia's stagnating battlefield performance is placing the Kremlin in a worse position to extract major political concessions." -- Institute for the Study of War
Putin sees what Trump is doing with Iran (i.e. the communication strategy based on confusion unto contradiction) and how well it is working: worth a try!
tim-tday•3m ago
Pretty sure the Ukraine war would end immediately if Russia withdrew from Ukraine and stopped launching rockets.
dotcoma•1h ago