COMMENTARY: American policy-makers should take this pathology into account when pondering whatever negotiations, or other Western actions, might bring the war in Ukraine to a just conclusion.

Kyiv region. A Russian strike on February 12 in Ukraine's capital killed one civilian and wounded four others, including a child. Donetsk region. A 46-year-old man died and five residents were wounded in a Russian glide bomb strike on the city of Kramatorsk on February 13.

Russian forces lost another 1,390 soldiers. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 44 enemy artillery systems, 132 drones, and 169 units of automotive equipment, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Ukraine's defense ministry numbers on the losses come amid speculation on social media about the possible appearance in the war of a Soviet-made T-34 tank which was used during Wo

Ukraine's strikes on military targets within Russia are disrupting Russian logistics, weakening its ability to conduct further attacks, and forcing Moscow to allocate more resources to its own defense.