RealClearPolitics links to a Substack blog with a quite positive view of recent events transpiring in Ukraine and Russia. Written by a Laurence Freed, it tries to be measured but ends up optimistic.
With the caveats that analysts can be wrong, and that the outcome of one battle does not predict the outcome of a war, it is still a worthwhile read for the person who wants to know a bit more than “who’s winning.”