Putin is hiding. His generals are hiding. Prigozhin is hiding, only releasing audio statements on Telegram. Meanwhile, Zelensky is meeting soldiers just kilometers from the front line. This Okko is the last stop before the road to Bakhmut. True leadership (and good coffee). 💪🇺🇦 https://t.co/oowuvxqCQk

— Nate Mook (@natemook) 26 juin 2023

Putin is hiding. His generals are hiding. Prigozhin is hiding, only releasing audio statements on Telegram. Meanwhile, Zelensky is meeting soldiers just kilometers from the front line. This Okko is the last stop before the road to Bakhmut. True leadership (and good coffee).

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The US. Even now, prior to the Vilnius NATO summit, there is no consensus on admitting Ukraine with the U.S., I hear, being among those against. 11/

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There is no civil war, because the separatists had tanks from Russia and Russian military supported them and fought along side in 2014. 9/

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by invading. But even if you take the grain deal, he doesn’t honor it and manipulates it all the time to his advantage. So, therefore, there is no trust to Putin among Ukrainians. This implies that Putin has to go out of power for any deal to become possible. 7/

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It is the decision of Ukrainians to defend their country independence. If Ukrainians would not resist in the first week, the government would have fallen and Russia would have achieved control. So, no, it is not a proxy war for us Ukrainians even if Russians and some Americans 5

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view it that way. 2. Why can’t you negotiate with Putin? The problem is that for any negotiations there should be trust. Ukrainians should trust that Putin will honor the agreement. But Putin has broken every agreement before. Most importantly, he destroyed trust 6/

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Some think that decisions in Washington will determine the future of Ukraine and Russia. These decisions certainly matter, but they are not final. So, no, it is not a proxy war because it is Ukrainians who decided to fight and revisit Russia when Russia invaded. 4/

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He asked a number of questions, which I would consider classic Russian propaganda framing, and listened to my answers politely, without interruptions, trying to understand. So, here are the questions and answers. 1. Is this a proxy war between the US and Russia? 2/

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