If you feel tempted to elevate disaster scenarios of “further invasion” of Ukraine — read this instead
“The Russians can get to Tallinn in two days... Maybe… They can get to Tallinn in two days. But they will die in Tallinn. And they know this.”
politico.com/magazine/story…
“The Russians can get to Tallinn in two days... Maybe… They can get to Tallinn in two days. But they will die in Tallinn. And they know this.”
politico.com/magazine/story…
The reality facing the Estonians is the same one the Ukrainians have to face.
Don’t dismiss the reality facing Ukrainians. What they are prepared to do. What they have already had to do these past 8 years. And what they means about what comes next.
Don’t dismiss the reality facing Ukrainians. What they are prepared to do. What they have already had to do these past 8 years. And what they means about what comes next.
All we can really know: if Russia pushes the war outside its current boundaries to the scale their mobilization anticipates (maybe), a lot of people—soldier and civilian, Ukrainian and Russian—will die, and their destruction will bring catastrophic suffering.
But this will be their choice. Their deliberate choice.
And we should accept that in how we respond, and how we support the Ukrainians.
And we should accept that in how we respond, and how we support the Ukrainians.
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