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3 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Fmr NATO SecGen: “If NATO allies engage w/ Russia’s proposals for a new security relationship in Europe, they will be directly helping him move a step closer to achieving his goal, giving Russia the whip hand over the security of Central/Eastern Europe.”/1
politico.eu/article/russia…
“This is not a serious proposal from a man who wants peace.”

/2
“This also means we should end Putin’s de facto veto on Ukraine and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations…
We promised both Georgia and Ukraine seats at the NATO table in 2008, and it’s time we set out an action plan to realize our promise.”

Damn straight. /3
“Ukrainians are battle-hardened people willing to fight for the freedom that much of Europe has taken for granted; we in the free world should be under no illusion that they fight for our freedom too. History tells us that aggressors tend not to stay in their own neighborhoods”/4

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…Galatica is a reminder of a time when we were so afraid of the enemy, we literally looked backward for protection.”

Prescient.
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22 Dec 21
Overlooked part of Shoigu speech is on “political-military work”:

“Commanders, military, and political bodies maintained a high level of the moral & political condition of the troops, their readiness to perform combat tasks in any situation… /1
… At the same time, the range of tasks solved by military-political bodies is increasing. There is still much to be done in this direction.”

He details mil involvement in cultural projects, “preserving” historical memory, building “patriotic young” movts to indoctrinate kids /2
He talks about the military media operation and content production. “Thus, all conditions have been created for the creation of films of a military-patriotic nature on this basis by orders of the Ministry of Defence.”

Totes normal /3
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21 Dec 21
This is almost word for word the crap they used to justify helping Assad carpet bomb Syrian rebels — only that included a thick conspiracy about how US took Saddam’s chem weapons to Georgia to manufacture gas for Syrian rebels so they could gas themselves for int’l sympathy /1
All of this was a pathetic mask of how the Kremlin aided Assad in using chemical weapons against his own people over and over again, and then they used propaganda and disinfo to spread false narratives about the nature of the war in Syria. /2
When the Kremlin wants to be provoked, they will conjure provocation. We need to stop not acting and do what is right — in this case, helping Ukraine fight and exact the highest cost possible on current/future Kremlin adventurism in Ukraine — for fear of “making it worse” /3
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17 Dec 21
So the Kremlin is detailing its position on “negotiations with NATO” and it’s that NATO must return to its 1997 borders and “take everything out and there is no “menu” but all demands must be accepted — so can we please stop evaluating this as an option for serious people? /1
Truly, what the Kremlin just said is only a fool or a traitor would present negotiations with Russia on security architecture as a serious option for a way ahead. And like, everyone at a US podium needs to hear what they are saying, and stop. /2
Ryabkov is laughing at everything like this is the most fun he’s had in years. It’s an utter mockery of any attempts of “stable and predictable” relations with Russia. /3
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9 Dec 21
Deeply nuanced piece from Estonia’s @EerikNKross on how Putin evaluates his options on Ukraine and against the West. Everything depends on the credibility of the West’s response. /1

news.postimees.ee/7404359/eerik-…
This is a good summary of where we are now: /2
“Moscow’s rhetoric shows they are most afraid of NATO/US direct military assistance to Ukraine—granting real military capabilities. This is more or less the only thing that could stop Russia; granting it should be decided rapidly so the Kremlin can be convinced of this reality”/3
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7 Dec 21
From the Kremlin readout of Biden/Putin chat —

Russian “request” that NATO member states not have equal status in the alliance depending on proximity to Russia (naturally 🙄) that is so ironically annoying … /1
The Kremlin goes on and on about how they have every right to move hundreds of thousands of troops and whatever weapon systems to within inches of neighboring states — or often into them when Russia happens to be occupying their territory — because it is “Russian territory” /2
And then they argue lots of places “invite” them to have forces there (also their “right”) /3
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