Russia stares into a "population abyss" as Putin sends its young men to die
Ukraine: The Latest
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What's Up With That?
Historian Stephen Cockin used an analogy to explain the Ukraine conflict. He said that if you own a house, and it has 10 rooms, let's say I barge in and take two of those rooms away. And from those two rooms, I'm wrecking your other eight,. You're trying to beat me back. Are you winning, or am I winning? Unfortunately, that's the situation we're in. But what he ignores in that analogy is that the person barging into the house, Putin, is staking everything on their success. Those two rooms have arguably become existential for the wrecker. For what matters, ultimately, and not the other a thousand rooms, but
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