Ukraine Blog 62 – Russian Maskirovka and it works (unfortunately)
Dear friends, family and colleagues, The tweet that I predicted would come in my September 4th blog has unfortunately finally arrived (3) U.S. Mission to NATO on X: "Ukraine has taken back more than half of its territory seized by Russia’s forces since February 2022. In this tough and dynamic battle, Ukraine’s soldiers are fighting bravely every single day, and they continue to inspire the world with their bravery and courage. We will… https://t.co/ELeU4EbVfK" / X (twitter.com) Translation: Ukraine: go negotiate with Russia, for “as long as it takes” has a limit. This is the cumulation of a continuous stream of self-inflicted bad news for Ukraine and the West over the past three months. The West brought itself in a very difficult position by appeasing dictators like Putin and Khamenei and showing it’s not willing to mobilize its industrial potential to counter Russia. So let’s break down where we are right now First: What’s the state of Putin? Putin is at this m...