Check out my book "How Ukraine Survived": https://amzn.to/47gnlEf. You can also read it for free by signing up for a Kindle Unlimited trial at https://amzn.to/3QMsBr8. (I use affiliate links, meaning I earn a commission when you make a transaction through them. Even if you read for free, you are still supporting the channel.) For the past few months, Russia has dictated the war's pace on the ground. Although things are currently going well for Moscow, there remains the possibility that further offensive action could be self-defeating---it may only trigger a large-scale backlash from the West. If that seems implausible, we have already experienced it once in the war going the other way. Back in September 2022, Ukraine's advances induced Russia to mobilize, which is how we arrived at the current situation. Will we see another Catch-22 in action? 0:00 A No-Win Situation for Russia? 1:17 The War's Current Position 2:36 What Is Russia's Endgame? 6:06 Flashback: Ukraine's Catch-22 8:39 Russia's Current Catch-22 15:41 Will We See the Catch-22? The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. Media licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/): By Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ministryofdefenceua/26855856402 Media licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/): By RIA Novosti: http://visualrian.ru/ru/site/gallery/#644461 Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): By mrs.gov.ua: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=321813666640956&set=pcb.321813919974264 By Army Inform https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/12/07/herson-pid-vorozhymy-obstrilamy/ By Duma.ru: http://www.duma.gov.ru/multimedia/photo/22181/ By Kremlin.ru: http://tours.kremlin.ru/tour/senate http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20990 http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/keywords/78/events/50329 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/52152 http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/press_conferences/56378 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58405 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60490 http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/424/events/61948 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62565 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68366 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68785 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69101 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69366 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69465 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/70098 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71104 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72100 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/72994 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73187 http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73529