Putin's agreement to talks with Zelensky's reps is an abject surrender: by now the Russians should have been in control in Kiev and across the Ukraine with Zelensky dead or exiled. Frantic to divert attention, Putin has placed Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert. Meaning: zero Tweet added by Edward N Luttwak @ELuttwak

Edward N Luttwak

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Putin's agreement to talks with Zelensky's reps is an abject surrender: by now the Russians should have been in control in Kiev and across the Ukraine with Zelensky dead or exiled. Frantic to divert attention, Putin has placed Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert. Meaning: zero

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Matthew Wilson

@Matthewjw1978

2 years

@ELuttwak @amlivemon Lol it's been 5 days

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Lorraine Mischuk🇨🇦🇺🇦#OTs4Ukraine Chairperson

@lmischukOT

2 years

@ELuttwak @LWaler Kyiv NOT Kiev, please do not use the Russian spelling!

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cb

@sea_beeeee

2 years

@ELuttwak Any thoughts on the idea Putin is waging a siege to circle and starve out kyiv?

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Clarence Beeks 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

@rsirnormand

2 years

@ELuttwak Exactly right brother

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Warre

@m_warre_

2 years

@ELuttwak Your coverage seems divorced from reality. Its only day 4?

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Ahmed Javad 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰰

@AhmadAydinoglu

2 years

@ELuttwak Correct! But problem is that russians will deliver message to Ukraine that Putin will nuke them and that he does not care what will happens afterwards

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Akshay A

@Akshay_VAK

2 years

@ELuttwak Isn’t it early to conclude that? And is capturing the cities the Russian objective?

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kumaoni

@moderatepahadi

2 years

@ELuttwak @shuvmajumdar In today’s world civil casualties have to be avoided due to SM. My guess that’s why going slow

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Clarence Beeks 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

@rsirnormand

2 years

@ELuttwak Don’t be intimidated

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Andreas

@ichbin_Andreas

2 years

@ELuttwak By now in Kiew? After only four days when the Americans needed 6 in the siege of Bagdad 2003?

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It's getting more close, be warned

@Market39396724

2 years

@ELuttwak @tyillc Pause to strengthen weapons? But maybe Ukraine army will get more and more.

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Chris Goldschmidt

@CPG35223

2 years

@ELuttwak I'm kind of thinking a member of the Russian General Staff would pull out a Tokarev and do the predictable thing if Putin decided to go nuclear.

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selvatico

@deogiu

2 years

@ELuttwak Good night

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Aureliano the Colonel

@auredagaz

2 years

@ELuttwak Let's be honest: russians avoided NATO/US doctrine of bombing for days destroing everything they can (mostly civilians) and then enter a ruined country. They put boots in the ground from day 0 and in 4 days they are getting the capital circled and disconnecting them from sea

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Monk4Prezi2024

@BMOs_Revenge

2 years

@ELuttwak @TheWarMonitor ????? Zelensky is the one who asked for a ceasefire

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DT

@davide28540028

2 years

@ELuttwak Domande :questa è una guerra? Con i carri armati che si fermano davanti alle persone?senza nemmeno un bombardamento aereo? È una guerra? Chi è che mente? Chi è il guerrafondaio? Chi il pacifista? Chi ha ragione? Se può spiegarlo, grazie!

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Rick Hills

@RickHills2

2 years

@ELuttwak

Michael McFaul

@McFaul

2 years

The people who know Putin the best -- people I know in Russia -- are worried about his recent nuclear statement. The people who know him the least are saying it's cheap talk.

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L.C.

@LorenzoCaprara3

2 years

@ELuttwak 🤔 mi sembra una visione estremamente di parte piuttosto che una considerazione igienicamente asettica (e quindi strategica) Concordo peralto sul meaning di breve. Parliamone dopo il 2 Marzo.

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C.S. Pearson

@fsu92alum

2 years

@ELuttwak @TheWarMonitor I think you GREATLY overestimate Russian military capabilities & under appreciate UKR resolve to repel this invasion. Kiev is a large city & it won’t easily be subdued by Russian forces.

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