Gordon Chang

I think really interestingly, there's been some indicators that he might be considering or at least preparing to have to think about the second option.

So they've adapted some of their laws recently about the use of Russia's active and inactive reservists.

And so we are kind of trying to look for these indicators if they might be preparing to call some of those reservists up and use them in Ukraine.

Yeah, I mean, the U.S.

is still leading the charge in negotiations.

Those are kind of on pause now since the war in the Middle East has really taken over.

But the U.S.

still, at least I think in the Russian statements, is still seen as like the main mediator of these negotiations.

But I think something that'll be super interesting is

If when President Trump kind of brings back his attention to the war in Ukraine is how the kind of changing dynamics on the battlefield that we already discussed maybe go into changing President Trump's calculus.

You know, take, for example, the 28 point plan that came out the end of last year.

That was created in a battlefield situation that was very different than today.

It was one where.

The Ukrainians were losing territory at a relatively faster pace.

There wasn't really a ton of optimism about their ability to really contest the initiative on the battlefield and liberate territory.

Fast forward a few months to now and things look really different.

The Ukrainians are contesting the initiative.

They have liberated significant areas of the battlefield and these long range strikes just keep getting deeper, more intense, more frequent and more destructive.

Absolutely.

Thank you so much.