With the combat mission complete for the day, the soldiers loaded up into up-armored vehicles and readied for a return to the forward operating base to refit, rearm, and prepare for the next day’s mission. There was only one problem. They forgot Private First Class Justin Miller.
President Putin made three foundational assumptions in launching his war against Ukraine that should have been correct but were not. First, Putin assumed the invasion of Ukraine would be a quick and easy fight. Second, he assumed the world would denounce the invasion but tacitly allow it. Third, Putin assumed the war would deter NATO expansion.
