Cornel West on CNN says NATO "provoked" Russia's invasion of Ukraine, calls for "concessions of territory" to stop the war, and says the US "bears significant responsibility." But he adds that he's not "pro Putin," so there's that. pic.twitter.com/SqIEwdiE9j

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 14, 2023

Ukraine collected many promises at Vilnius, except the one it craved the most. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine will receive an invitation to join when "the allies agree, and conditions are met," postponing the decision indefinitely. https://t.co/F4PikUGo6l

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 13, 2023

Putin's tirade at the security council laid bare his delusions on Ukraine, going on a bizarre rant about Poland's ingratitude to Stalin & wanting to annex Ukraine. His projections & delusions are becoming more severe. This is what he said & why it's disconnected from reality. 1/ pic.twitter.com/M6gqpRMuN5

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Putin still doesn't grasp Ukrainians themselves resist annexation, not just Zelensky. In an irrational belief, he thinks he can convince Ukrainians his rule is better, while murdering tens of thousands. His speech was really the ranting of a lunatic. 2/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

He started by claiming that Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed, NATO arsenals are depleted, and that "the whole world sees that the praised Western equipment is on fire."

After that, he claimed that Ukraine suffers huge losses, and there is no one left to mobilize. 3/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Finally, he concluded that Ukrainians increasingly question whether it is worth dying to defend Ukraine. Quote: "sobering is gradually coming"

Each of these statements is a projection of what is happening in Russia, except for mobilization resource. 4/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Yes, some NATO and Ukrainian equipment is lost, in fact, a lot. But the war is intense and Russia has lost much more. Check any respectable OSINT source.

It is true that NATO is constrained in its arsenal, because it had not planned for this war, while Russia did.5/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

But it is also true that sanctions are crippling the Russian defense sector and their arsenal is also depleted. Furthermore, Russian economy is the size of Italiy's. So, NATO countries collectively have economy the order of magnitude large than that of Russia. 6/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Both Ukrainians and Russians have losses. They are indeed huge. But Russian losses are much bigger. The credible data is missing, but what is know from the Russian Bakhmut theater is that they indeed lost tens of thousands there. 8/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Ukraine is a smaller country than Russia. Furthermore, Ukraine values human life, while Russia doesn't. So, it is true that Ukraine mobilization potential is smaller. But it is far from depleted. Moreover, many of the recently trained brigades have not yet entered the action. 9/

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Putin then turned to Europe and started babbling about Poland. This is more or less a direct quote: "Poland has seized and annexed other people's lands before - some historical Russian provinces, parts of Lithuania, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

This aggressive policy ended in 1939 when Poland was thrown by the Western Allies to be eaten by the German war machine and actually lost its independence, which was restored to a great extent by the Soviet Union. Thanks to Stalin, Poland gained considerable German land.

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

The western territories of present-day Poland are Stalin's gift to the Poles. Have our friends in Warsaw forgotten this? We will remind them."

So, Putin accuses Poland of being aggressive and threatens it. Who is an aggressor here? And what's the point anyway?

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

Is Putin trying to scare Poland in not supporting Ukraine? It is at the very least naive and ineffective.

Putin is deteriorating. His rhetoric has moved from detached from reality to that of a raging lunatic. To those surrounding him, it is a scare and a sign of weakness.

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) July 23, 2023

China secretly sends enough gear to Russia to equip an army. Shipments of military-capable hardware expose a China-sized loophole in Western sanctions. https://t.co/jA76LSm4aT

— alain servais (@aservais1) July 24, 2023

On July 17, 2014, Russia murdered 196 Dutch citizens when shooting down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine.

Today, Zelensky announced that the Netherlands is donating 42 F-16 fighters jets to Ukraine.

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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 20, 2023

Plus Denmark adding 19 F-16 to the table. So 61 in total. Russia better buy back some of the Mig-17 and Mig-21 they sold North Korea in 1965.

— David 777(@Vegasdave59) August 20, 2023

While we’ve all been focused on Gaza, Russia has launched a new offensive in Northern Ukraine. The timing seems almost too perfect - as if it knew something was going on the Middle East. It shows that Russia is not yet a spent force despite assurances that it had zero capacity to…

— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) October 15, 2023

North Korea sends Putin tons of ammo. Europe can’t do the same for Ukraine. Pyongyang beats the EU in supplying shells to the guns in Ukraine. https://t.co/dH07sSIhDi

— alain servais (@aservais1) November 6, 2023

The White House signals to Politico that the war in Ukraine will end through negotiation, probably by giving up territory, something which if you said 6 months ago made you Putin's right hand man https://t.co/qkOPu0Lv6n pic.twitter.com/vacxWoKofr

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) December 27, 2023