33 people killed in a missile strike in Chernihiv, just hours ago.Why is everyone in the West pretending not seeing these horrors?! pic.twitter.com/8xiB29Nstx— Inna Sovsun (@InnaSovsun) March 3, 2022
The coup in Ukraine that threatened to lead into joining NATO and installing supersonic missiles within minutes of Moscow was an existential threat to the national leadership. The response and terrifying rate of escalation has been nightmarish.
But this isn't just Putin ratcheting pressure unilaterally. No more than Khrushchev acted unilaterally in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Vlad doing the wrong thing for the right reasons.
The coup in Ukraine that threatened to lead into joining NATO and installing supersonic missiles within minutes of Moscow was an existential threat to the national leadership. The response and terrifying rate of escalation has been nightmarish.
But this isn't just Putin ratcheting pressure unilaterally. No more than Khrushchev acted unilaterally in the Cuban Missile Crisis.