Ukraine has 20 “replacement” jet aircraft. All is not lost, but it looks grim for the Azov defenders. Russia will have successfully “de-Nazified” Ukraine and they can leave now.
“Now someone, please, grab Zelenskyy by the collar, sit him down, and make peace.”
Another breakaway” Soviet Republic, Belarus, has an aging—but generally compliant—dictatorship. Russia—evermore paranoid—will eventually need to step in, and then pose an even greater threat to Poland and the three bordering NATO Baltic states.
All this, while the southern border and Taiwan slip from front pages.