Weekend Update #177: Russian Losses And Ukrainian Fighting

Trump Has Given Up Pretending; Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attacks

Hi All,

Two things have changed since very early January 2026 and both are notable. The first is that this was the last time that we saw a rash of stories about how Russia was advancing inexorably while Ukraine was, disastrously, running out of soldiers for the front. The second was that this was the last time that Donald Trump bothered even pretending t…