Ukraine Always Get What You Want

A thread worth reading from Estonia's former defense chief. Russia's approach might have relied more on panic than planning. It's optimistic so take it with the requisite grain of salt, but it suggests Russian occupation might not be the fait accompli some think.

 

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So, I think Zelrnsky has been magnificent. And like others have said I think it comes from a place where he, like other Ukrainians his age, remembers growing up under the Soviet thumb. I admire him and I think it's great he's standing for his country. But at some point, if this gets out of balance and Russia is close to taking Kyiv, I think he needs to flee and be a government in exile. There needs to be the elected government of Ukraine still functioning even if it's outside the country. If Zelensky and the rest of his government is dead, and Russia installs puppets, then there is no democratically elected government of Ukraine anywhere. And I really hope he's weighing that.

 

When decades of relative peace and relative prosperity cause systematic flaws in your society, you need to fix the society not the peace.

 

Zelenskyy said, “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.”

 

I know that some of the war stories are not going to stand up. They're propaganda.

Some do.