The war continues either until “checkmate” or until the chessboard is overturned by a “black swan”

The most realistic scenario today is not a rapid de-occupation of Crimea, but its gradual military-logistical exhaustion

The era of vague bureaucracy has long been dead

When victory becomes impossible, propaganda begins to redefine what victory means

The current “telethon” of returning awards is a reaction rather than a response

Lukashenko now faces a very clear choice

Putin is Russia’s main vulnerability in any serious war

Russia is racing at full speed toward a cliff and does not intend to stop

The Russian forces continues to implement a plan to seize and eliminate the Kostyantynivka defensive area

A successful country is a needed country—needed by its own citizens internally and by its friends externally