Here's my conversation all about the state of the war in Ukraine with Preston Stewart (@prestonstew_) and Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael).
It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment).
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - State of the war in Ukraine
14:39 - Drone warfare and the kill zone
51:49 - Who is winning the war?
1:03:26 - Military analysis of Russia's 2022 invasion
1:19:14 - Battle of Bakhmut
1:34:56 - War optimism and bad information
1:55:05 - Prigozhin's mutiny
2:09:20 - Putin vs Zelenskyy
2:27:18 - Trump
2:36:13 - Paths to peace in Ukraine
2:46:53 - Nature of war
What’s “war in Ukraine”? What’s that supposed to mean?
Did you mean “Russo-Ukrainian war”?
Nov 11, 2026 · 2:55 AM UTC
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Well it is IN Ukraine. But Russo-Ukrainian war is too neutral. More like Russian War against Ukraine. Since Russia is obviously the aggressor.
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Well, it’s not only in Ukraine! Bombings happen as deep as 2k kilometers into russia.
But anyway, my problem was that “war in Ukraine” is particularly wrong and unfair because it has this connotation of internal conflict between the sides in Ukraine (Korean war, Vietnam war, etc), which it is clearly not!
Any other variants you suggested are fine, but I personally prefer more neutral variant because there is no need for additional emphasis in such black and white conflict.
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