I think, you know, the common school of thought was, when the invasion began, the russians would do a lot better than they are. now, there is no answer to how they get out of this, given how poorly they are fairing against the ukrainians, and given how strong the ukrainian resolve is, the passion to keep their land, their country, their growing democracy. then there s the ban on russian oil. the european union made progress in talks with hungary to support the proposed ban on russian oil. that s according to a european commission president who paid a surprise visit to budapest yesterday for in-person talks with prime minister viktor orban. the visit comes a week after the eu proposed the oil ban against russia for its invasion of ukraine. hungary and slovakia refuse to support the package due to their heavy reliance on russian oil.