Hopeful harbinger: Windsock journalist Anatol Lieven does an 180-degree:
(1) “Ukraine has already won the war”, March 18, 2022
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/03/18/has-ukraine-already-won-the-war/
(2) August 17, 2025 “Why Trump gets it right on Ukraine … which seems to be in the process of losing…”
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-ukraine-russia-agreement/