Taylor: Zelenskyy is building up the defense and industrial capabilities himself in Ukraine, as are the Europeans, providing not only the funds but also the weapons.

He's trying to keep the Americans on board but at the same time become more independent. 8/ pic.twitter.com/oHKwTJHTEn

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: Zelenskyy is building up the defense and industrial capabilities himself in Ukraine, as are the Europeans, providing not only the funds but also the weapons. He's trying to keep the Americans on board but at the same time become more independent. 8/

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Taylor: Zelenskyy will not surrender even if he's under great pressure from Trump. Trump needs to understand that, that will not be a success.

Zelenskyy is trying to keep the Americans supportive. He's done pretty well, actually, since that horrible meeting last year. 7/ pic.twitter.com/pLbG8jzGOH

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: Zelenskyy will not surrender even if he's under great pressure from Trump. Trump needs to understand that, that will not be a success. Zelenskyy is trying to keep the Americans supportive. He's done pretty well, actually, since that horrible meeting last year. 7/

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Taylor: If Trump thinks he can lean on the Ukrainians who are the victims. That's not a win. If he forces a surrender or capitulation, which the Ukrainians will resist.

But if that's what Trump tries to do, he'll fail. He doesn't want to be a loser. That would be a loss. 6/ pic.twitter.com/buk6fLNE32

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: If Trump thinks he can lean on the Ukrainians who are the victims. That's not a win. If he forces a surrender or capitulation, which the Ukrainians will resist. But if that's what Trump tries to do, he'll fail. He doesn't want to be a loser. That would be a loss. 6/

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Taylor: The second screw is long range weapons for the Ukrainians. These are the Tomahawks.

This would allow the Ukrainians to put a real dent into the Russian war machine going after military targets in Russia. 5/ pic.twitter.com/VvDWKHmjAw

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: The second screw is long range weapons for the Ukrainians. These are the Tomahawks. This would allow the Ukrainians to put a real dent into the Russian war machine going after military targets in Russia. 5/

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Taylor: Putin funds this war by selling oil and gas to the world. He uses this shadow fleet, these oil tankers that evade the sanctions.

These oil tankers move oil from Russia to India and really to China. Trump has shown that he knows how to crack down on the shadow fleet. 4/ pic.twitter.com/TSzyEaLg4u

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: Putin funds this war by selling oil and gas to the world. He uses this shadow fleet, these oil tankers that evade the sanctions. These oil tankers move oil from Russia to India and really to China. Trump has shown that he knows how to crack down on the shadow fleet. 4/

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Taylor: Putin thinks that this grind will eventually allow him to win. He thinks the Ukrainians will someday give up. They won't.

He thinks the Europeans will back away from Ukraine. They're not. Europeans are really stepping up. Putin hopes the Americans will get tired. 3/ pic.twitter.com/kxInkpmJ8m

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: Putin thinks that this grind will eventually allow him to win. He thinks the Ukrainians will someday give up. They won't. He thinks the Europeans will back away from Ukraine. They're not. Europeans are really stepping up. Putin hopes the Americans will get tired. 3/

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Taylor: Talking is fine [to Putin].

Putin has been dragging it out because he wants to grind away at the Ukrainians day after day, month after month, year after year. Coming up on 4th years. 2/ pic.twitter.com/cW6kR8Q94v

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Taylor: Talking is fine [to Putin]. Putin has been dragging it out because he wants to grind away at the Ukrainians day after day, month after month, year after year. Coming up on 4th years. 2/

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Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor: The Ukrainians want to be a sovereign country. They want to live European. The Russians want them to surrender. The Russians want to dominate Ukraine.

There's no middle ground. Trump needs to put the pressure on Putin. 1/ pic.twitter.com/1vukuKvMv2

— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 19 février 2026

Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor: The Ukrainians want to be a sovereign country. They want to live European. The Russians want them to surrender. The Russians want to dominate Ukraine. There's no middle ground. Trump needs to put the pressure on Putin. 1/

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Ukraine’s drones aren’t just hitting the Kremlin’s energy infrastructure, Kyiv’s kamikaze aircraft now are hunting Russian power grid, public heating, drone launch platforms and air defenses.

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