Introduction

Jacob Shapiro: So much has been happening that it's like all these days feel like their weeks in and in and of themselves. The Russian military seems to be coiling and trying to fix all of its mistakes so that it can achieve some of its military objectives in Russia, he says. But unfortunately, I think where we are right now is Russia; the Russian economy is in free fall due to stronger than expected sanctions against it led by Europe. And Ukraine is still there defending itself.