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Date: 2025-01-16 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00024091
THE UKRAINE WAR
RUSSIA'S MASSIVE MISCALCULATIONS
William Spaniel: Why Russia Miscalculated in Ukraine: A Self-Inflicted Disaster in Three Acts
Original article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YkGrKQXZxE
Peter Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess
Why Russia Miscalculated in Ukraine: A Self-Inflicted Disaster in Three Acts

William Spaniel

Jan 24, 2023

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Why did Russia miscalculate so badly in its invasion of Ukraine? The answer is more than two decades in the making. Putin's Persistent and intentional decay of Russia's institutions made it impossible for Russia's intelligence community and military to provide quality information to him. Facing the uncertainty---and wagering that it would take a true disaster for it have a deep effect on him personally---Putin pulled the trigger.
  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 2:01 Putin's Rise to Power
  • 4:54 The FSB Sets the Stage
  • 6:11 How Would the West Respond?
  • 10:20 How Resolved Was Ukraine?
  • 13:59 The Military's Optimism
  • 19:35 Pravda (The Truth)
  • 25:27 Putin Pulls the Trigger
  • 26:32 Russian Success Was Plausible
  • 26:55 Bad Luck
  • 29:05 Lack of Blowback
  • 30:43 The COVID Pandemic
  • 31:24 Putin's Illness
  • 35:19 Easter Eggs
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