This is the biggest injustice there could be in the world, and it must be corrected. This is what drives people. While it might not be rational, it saves Ukraine and it will ensure our independence and safety from Russia in the future. At the unbelievable high cost of lives 8/

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But when you are in the war, you are not doing careful rational calculus. You are often driven by emotions, a much more powerful motivator. In the case of Ukraine, these are primal emotions. Ukraine has been attacked, people are tortured and killed. 7/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

And surrender its state and government. After all, in the Russia view, people don't have agency. Russian people are no one for the Kremlin, why should Ukrainians be any different. But we are. The war has shown unprecedented unity, willpower, and innovation by the Ukrainians 5/

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5. Our Ukrainian success hinges on knowledge and continual learning 6. The harshness and monotony of war quickly become the norm 7. Life's singular purpose is to persist and advance towards victory for Ukraine; all else is secondary.
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→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

Let me expand on each of this points. 1. Unity and ingenuity. Russia was hoping that a politically polarized Ukrainian society won't be able to provide a quick and unified response to the invasion. They expected that Ukrainians will be slow to react. 4/

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

Day 500 of the Russian war in Ukraine. I am president of the Kyiv School of Economics, a former minister of economy of Ukraine, and a professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. I left the US for Kyiv 4 days before the war. These are the lessons I learned. 1/

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Командири бригади "Азов", яких було інтерновано до Туреччини – повернулися додому! Українські воїни Денис Прокопенко, Святослав Паламар, Сергій Волинський, Олег Хоменко, Денис Шлега нарешті будуть із рідними!

→ View original post on X — @ng_ukraine,

Ukraine is defended by military means, moderns weapons, long range missiles, air defense, tanks, and planes. Russia has throated time and time again that if the West dares / starts / continues to support Ukraine there will be nukes / attacks on the West etc. Nothing happened.

→ View original post on X — @mylovanov,

"Do nothing or things can get worse" was essentially the response to the Russia war in Georgia, annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, and invasion of Donbas. The world did nothing and things did not get better. Instead, they got worse, exactly the opposite of what the authors imply.6/

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