In #Ukraine, "Putin cannot give up the war, but the cost of carrying it on is rising":
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/19/vladimir-putin-is-caught-in-a-vice-of-his-own-making?utm_campaign=a.25insider-brand_fy2526_q4_conversion-cbdr-sub_prospecting_nam-usca_direct_mobile&utm_medium=digital-display.external-content.pd&utm_source=outbrain-outbrain&utm_content=conversion.content.non-subscriber.content_staticnative_np-putinicaught-n-feb_na-na_article_1x1_na_na_na&utm_term=sa.allv2&utm_id=ouq42601&OutbrainClickId=v4-iJsH6KQ-1080386085-1&ob_cvr_pixel_domain=economist.com&dicbo=v4-iJsH6KQ-1080386085-1 #MilitaryMadness