Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63
Aiding Ukraine in defense of its sovereign territory against Putin’s unprovoked invasion is only called escalation by Putin and those looking for excuses. If murderers break into your home and a neighbor helps you fight them off, did they “escalate”? https://t.co/PZi1g0L9at — PolitiTweet.org
Dr John Chipman IISS @chipmanj
Yes. Defence is not escalation. It just has to be repeated until strategic illiteracy wanes definitively and irrev… https://t.co/Q5a07i2eYC