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https://twitter.com/dszeligowski/status/1785771531458462188First this. @dszeligowski claims that "it is not ... true that Russia agreed to Ukraine's accession to the EU." He then corrects himself by saying that "it expressed its consent in principle, but subject to conditions that Ukraine rejected."
https://x.com/dszeligowski/status/1785771557404426553
https://x.com/slantchev/status/1780267015091183934
https://twitter.com/slantchev/status/1780627320119935244This long thread is actually contradictory. Thus, here @slantchev argues that the Ukrainians were negotiating in good faith (I would agree btw). However, later in the same thread, he claims that the Ukrainians were simply trying to deflect the blame for the failure of the talks.
https://twitter.com/ForeignAffairs/status/1780558910883061901This thread here by @dszeligowski was interesting, I thought. . Poland's role in the talks is indeed worth exploring. I would say Poland's role in the Ukrainian calculus was not all that important, however. The US loomed (and continues to loom) much larger, so it's hardly surprising that we skirted Poland's role. Turkey was another player that clearly had a very important role in the story. We do not have enough information, however, to offer definitive conclusions about what that role might have been.
https://x.com/dszeligowski/status/1780183950507262201
https://twitter.com/walberque/status/17627139189531160121) It's not surprising that Russia has military plans to use tactical nukes against potential adversaries. By contrast, it would be hugely surprising if Russia did not have such military plans: what's the use of these weapons then? This has always been the case.