Saturday marks two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. With the conflict at a frozen and brutal stalemate, Nick Schifrin discussed where the war is, where it could go and U.S. policy toward Ukraine with Michael Kofman, John Mearsheimer and Rebeccah Heinrichs.

The term “aggressive attrition,” coined by geopolitical analyst Alexander Mercouris, can be described as a strategy of deliberately and aggressively creating strategic and political dilemmas compelling an adversary to commit large amounts of manpower, equipment, and ammunition to well-prepared areas of operation.

A discussion between senior German military officers was intercepted, the nation’s defense ministry has confirmed

Russian forces continue to make small but rapid gains outside of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, attributable in part to dwindling Ukrainian ammunition and declining Western aid.

The war in Ukraine is based on lies — lies about how it started, how it’s going, and how it will end.

France’s Macron raised the idea of Western troops entering the fray, others want to send longer range missiles. It’s all folly.

Russia’s capture of Avdiivka has been followed by continued gains by Moscow in Ukraine, as concerns grow about continued United States support for Kyiv’s forces, who one military expert told Newsweek are “both outmanned and outgunned along the front.”

Into the abyss: Colonel Douglas Macgregor tells us why the Ukraine war must end now.

Russia’s stunning victory in the battle of Avdeevka and the rout of the Ukrainian military, boosts the credibility of Russia as provider of security for the Central Asian region. The point is not lost on the erudite Central Asian mind that Russia has single-handedly put the NATO on the back foot.

The war’s developments are at this point predictable, and favor Russian objectives.