Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This explains a lot of what has happened so far. The mad dash with light forces in an attempt to seize Kyiv wasn't stupid, or wasn't purely stupid: The Russians knew that an advance with their full army would quickly run out of fuel and food 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2022

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

This is fascinating: an article on Russian logistics published well in advance of the Ukraine invasion. Basically the Russians have far too few trucks to support their forces if they move far from railheads 1/ https://t.co/YMWiskSy0W — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2022

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So they bet that they could overawe and intimidate the Ukrainians with a force far too small to overcome real resistance. It was a colossal misjudgment, but you can understand why they wanted to believe it 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 1, 2022