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[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

On Putin, nukes, terror, how to understand his threats and what he might do — and how to prepare ourselves to act

We must be ready to act decisively to take away control

Strange developments today, but fear is useless 🇺🇦

new via @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/QY90N6bvTR

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

Ukrainian leaders aren’t just showing us they know how to win the war

They are showing us the world that can be built from the defeat of Putin

A better future for us, for Russia, with Russia

Will we see it in time?

PART 2 via @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/q69SKiQd0d

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

There is no way back.

But imagine the world if we save Ukraine.

Imagine the century that we might have then.

https://t.co/V92AozxDq2

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

There is no way back.

If we want the war with Putin to end, we must see why the Ukrainians have defied all expectations, and learn to think as they do.

We must learn to see not only risk, but the opportunities born by taking them.

Via @RenewGreatPower
https://t.co/V92AozxDq2

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

Why should we not close our eyes to what will happen in Ukraine if we do not act? @TimothyDSnyder gives a powerful reply:

“I have this feeling that every day that Ukrainians resist is giving us another year or another decade of the kind of life we are used to having...

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[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

5 days ago, I would have said that Ukraine is where we *must fight* Putin’s war

Now, I believe that Ukraine is where we *can win* the war against Putin

Ukraine has conceptualized how to defeat Russia

Now, we must help them do it

Via @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/yL6YvfPi4C

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

6 days ago, Russia started a war in Ukraine that is meant to end Putin’s war against the West.

Thankfully, the Ukrainians have shown us how to fight — and win —that bigger war.

They called us to the fight. And finally, we answer.

Via @RenewGreatPower
https://t.co/yL6YvfPi4C

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

The free world won’t save itself trapped by fear.

What Putin fears most is that we will not be afraid of Putin.

It’s time to conceptualize what a Kremlin defeat can look like.

We won’t be alone in this fight.

New via @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/sxl3pGdeCA

[chrizap @chrizap]

The free world won’t save itself trapped by fear so it’s time to conceptualize a Kremlin defeat @RenewGreatPower https://t.co/avlInjqgsm - A must read on #Ukraine #NATO #Russia

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

“Biden’s team would do well to dust off a copy of Obama’s 2014 Tallinn speech, remember the process thru which he arrived at this position of fortitude, & start from that framework for any future talks with Moscow. The Alliance needs this leadership.”

https://t.co/hzXabQkMuy

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

Russian proposals on European security architecture are an obvious non-starter. What is it really about?

It’s a Kremlin playbook to set the terms of engagement while stirring unrest in the opponent

🇪🇪 @EerikNKross on negotiating w/🇷🇺 in @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/hzXabQkMuy

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

Why do we feel like the bad guys are winning? Because our governments are failing to mobilize our resources & will against the challenges we face.

A look back at the evacuation of Afghanistan, and what it says about what’s ahead.

via @RenewGreatPower

https://t.co/GA67V9vObZ

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

We don’t have to fail in this one last objective in Afghanistan.

Get them all out.

https://t.co/XA5IkaaPla

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

“Not one American has died” is now a mantra of the Afghanistan evacuation.

This is the wrong calculation of sacrifice.

More Americans came home because of our Afghans partners.

We have to save every one.

Why we need this victory, via @RenewGreatPower 

https://t.co/XA5IkaaPla

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

Wake-up calls, resets, and waiting

We missed a chance to send a message to Russia after their invasion of Georgia in 2008 — is it too late now?

Part 3 of our interviews concludes the series via @RenewGreatPower /1

https://t.co/ptaAAibNxm

[Great Power @RenewGreatPower]

@JayRouseDC @MollyMcKew Yes, sometimes more

[C n DC @Chris_nDC]

@MollyMcKew @RenewGreatPower Great excerpt here re the August 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia. This is the only form of diplomacy the Kremlin will respect. https://t.co/E9zPpsmc5y

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

13 years after Russia invaded Georgia, do we understand *why* it happened?

Part 2 of a series of interviews with Georgians on the frontlines of the war looks at misperceptions & untruths about the war vs choices on the ground

Via @RenewGreatPower /1

https://t.co/3WSQXs9DSu

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

13 years after Russia invaded Georgia, we still struggle to see the significance clearly.

Part 1 of a new series of interviews with some of the Georgians that ensured the Kremlin didn’t get everything it wanted from the war

via @RenewGreatPower /1

https://t.co/Ff4e1fCSS5

[Molly McKew @MollyMcKew]

“This sort of challenge to Russian illegal claims is exactly what’s needed,” @general_ben tells @RenewGreatPower of the voyage of HMS Defender through international waters Russia claims as its own /8