Vladimir Putin is convinced his country is strong enough to secure total victory in Ukraine. But the Russian leader is forgetting two crucial things about the current geographic dynamic.

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MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America. He is the author of Collisions: The Origins of the War in Ukraine and the New Global Instability.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin shows no fear of US President Donald Trump's threats and is preparing to continue military operations in Ukraine until the West agrees to his peace terms, Reuters reports.

A Russian official says American Daniel Martindale has been rewarded with citizenship for spying on Ukraine, "by decree of our President Vladimir Putin."

President Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. will send Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine and threatened new tariffs on Russia. Will Vladimir Putin back down? What should Trump's next move be? And what does the future hold for Ukraine? Newsweek contributors Daniel R. DePetris and Dan Perry debate:

Vladimir Putin is reportedly giving "detailed" consideration to deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, according to a former high-ranking British Army official. Russia's military forces have found it challenging to convert their overwhelming advantage in personnel and armaments into meaningful progress on the battlefield.

This is a bombshell, putting to the lie Russian propaganda’s longstanding claim that some spiritual entity called Russia has existed since time immemorial. In fact, Putin reduced Russia to its soldiers’ feet — hardly an elevated comparison.