Kiev Is the Mythical Original Seat of the Roost

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I think the first couple of days there was an expectation in Russian military leadership that this was going to be a relatively short and simple war. They were expecting an easy war where they would then be able to parade through the streets of Kiev versus the latest city owned by the Russian Federation. After Kirch after the attack on the Kirch Bridge, I think it starts to become really very difficult to see that in the same sort of light.

Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security, and cyber agency. He's also a Lawfare contributor. Like a lot of us, Tait has spent the last several months thinking about Ukraine, and Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes had cybersecurity questions for him. They talked about why the Ukrainian internet is still functioning and why the Russians have been so ineffective in the cyber arena. They also talked about whether U.S. support for Ukraine is threatened with Republicans in control of the House and what the Biden administration is going to do about Section 702, which is scheduled to expire at the end of next year.

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