COMMISSAR VLAD’S WAR: Last night Glenn linked to two columns I’ve written this month focusing on Ukraine. I’m bumping them and adding a third column — from November 2004.

From February 23: Putin Escalates His Creeping War In Ukraine

From February 16: The Strategic Costs of Hunter Biden’s Ukrainian Corruption. If you haven’t read the 2016 State Dept emails John Solomon uncovered earlier this year, check it out.

Finally, from November 30, 2004: Ukraine and the Russian Wish to Return to Super-Power Status

StrategyPage’s motto is “the news as history.” Is this a case of the news as prehistory?