Trevor McKendrick - A lot can change in a week

Good morning,

I’ve been doom scrolling all things Ukraine for the past few days, so that’s what today is about.

My goal is to link some of the better sources I’ve found, though everything anyone says right now should be taken with deep skepticism.

Good luck this week.

Trevor

​Michael McFaul - Former US Ambassador to Russia

Michael McFaul @McFaul The people who know Putin the best -- people I know in Russia -- are worried about his recent nuclear statement. The people who know him the least are saying it's cheap talk. February 27th 2022 9,340 Retweets 42,243 Likes

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​Sergey Utkin - Head of Strategic Assessment @ Russian Academy of Science

Sergey Utkin @usv1980 My country is committing a horrible crime in Ukraine that can have no justification. Official references to Art.51/defence of the Donbass are ridiculous, whataboutism is not helpful. We all bear a part of responsibility. There is no good way out of that. February 24th 2022 3,852 Retweets 20,805 Likes

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​Nataliya Vasilyeva - Moscow correspondent for Telegraph

Nataliya Vasilyeva @Nat_Vasilyeva Day 4 of the war pic.twitter.com/L772IFEEHM February 27th 2022 125 Retweets 303 Likes

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​Bill Browder - investor and author of Red Notice (fantastic book btw)

He helped created the law that allowed the US to sanction Putin personally. More details here.​

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​Track Russian Oligarch jets​

An account that posts the movement of all the jets owned by Russian oligarchs

Russian Oligarch Jets @RUOligarchJets Roman Abramovich's Jet LX-LUX Landed near Riga, Riga (city), LV. pic.twitter.com/fvQ84TGK38 February 27th 2022 1,673 Retweets 4,049 Likes

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​President Zelensky - President of Ukraine

If by a miracle you haven’t watched these videos yet:

• ​Zelensky with other government leaders in Kyiv​

Alex Kliment @SaoSasha went and translated that zelensky selfie video from the streets of kyiv, just to know what he was actually saying in response to the russian reports that he had fled -- so here it is for the rest of you, plus this music naturally felt right. enjoy. pic.twitter.com/JDLXtYAq5q February 25th 2022 33,876 Retweets 181,331 Likes

• ​By himself in Kyiv showing he hadn’t left​

Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa Не вірте фейкам. pic.twitter.com/wiLqmCuz1p February 25th 2022 70,064 Retweets 437,682 Likes

On Zelensky: whether the quotes he’s said are true, whether he’s leading as much as we want to believe he is, whether it’s all real or all fake fake: his externally perceived leadership is something we should all aspire to.

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Have a great week!

Trevor