Then we discuss Ukrainian attacks against on Russian military targets. Ukrainian strategy and reports that Putin wants a ceasefire. Also next time, we are hoping to have our first guest. Enjoy! substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...
Been thinking about comparisons between Ukraine and strategy making in WWII--particularly as my new book on the subject is now very much on its way, even have a new cover.
And very interesting Zelensky tweet from the other place. He spoke with Macron today…and the next French package to Ukraine will supposedly have significantly increased firepower. The last few weeks might have scared some people straight
It’s worth noting that the most shocking parts of the Jake Sullivan piece in Foreign Affairs published on Oct 2, were about the great successes of the administrations de-escalation policy in the MiddleEast, specifically Gaza! Text below
The opportunity that @bsky.app has is clear. People are leaving Twitter in ever larger numbers. Hopefully Bluesky can scale up quickly. www.axios.com/2023/10/26/x...
Ukrainians made some massive entries to their claims for Russian losses today. 55 new tanks and 120 APCs/IPCs. Looks like they were able to do a proper scan of the Avdiivka battle area and the Russians there were really mauled. 10 days ago this was supposed to herald a new Russian success...
And once again, when one of Putin's supposed red lines is crossed how do the Russians react--by downplaying the incident and trying to pretend its no big deal. Its like watching the same stupid movie over and over again.
I did an experiment this morning, and I think I can say the results say Twitter is in big trouble. I put identical tweets out here and Twitter to test user interaction. Results were stunning. Even though I have 60
times many followers on Twitter, I saw only 4 times as much interaction as on Bluesky
