A short 🧵
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) October 5, 2023
On 21 Feb '22, @CNN asked me to come to NY for the potential start of RU's invasion of Ukraine.
To do the job as military analyst, I knew I had to first link Putin's political objectives to his general's military operations. I scribbled this list on the flight: 1/7 pic.twitter.com/6DKYij3cdJ