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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did Putin go to war?

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Puton, You Can't Put Him in a Corner

Yoshka: Potton has increasingly surrounded himself with loyalists. He seems to be cut off from outside forms of information, and that's likely shaping his decision making. Yat that bubble point really haunts me rit the isolation thing. What's to stop a similar mistake from happening in h future that leads russia to make a catastrophic miscalculation? You know, that's a good question. I don't see him voluntarily saying, ok, never mind, i'll just do something different. It's hard to see how he comes to a decision to dosomething different.

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