Valerie Morkevičius
@vmorkevicius.bsky.social
Assoc Prof Political Science @ColgateUniv. Author of Realist Ethics: https://bit.ly/RealistEthics Ramblings here from a just war perspective on #security & #infowar. Personal views only.
Full text of Zelensky's address tonight here (in English):
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedn...
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedn...
www.president.gov.ua
November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Full text of Zelensky's address tonight here (in English):
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedn...
www.president.gov.ua/en/news/yedn...
Or are they embarrassed that Dmitriev seems to have accomplished what Putin and Lavrov couldn't in Anchorage? /4
kyivindependent.com/how-a-trio-o...
kyivindependent.com/how-a-trio-o...
How a trio of power brokers turned Putin’s US strategy into a quiet turf war
Russian President Vladimir Putin's outreach to the Trump administration — once seen as one of Moscow's most coordinated diplomatic efforts — now appears increasingly fractured.
Putin's longtime forei...
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Or are they embarrassed that Dmitriev seems to have accomplished what Putin and Lavrov couldn't in Anchorage? /4
kyivindependent.com/how-a-trio-o...
kyivindependent.com/how-a-trio-o...
I have no idea what this strange framing is all about, but it makes me wonder...
Is the Kremlin nervous that Witkoff has gone too far (again) without having Trump on board? That would be embarrassing. /3
Is the Kremlin nervous that Witkoff has gone too far (again) without having Trump on board? That would be embarrassing. /3
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I have no idea what this strange framing is all about, but it makes me wonder...
Is the Kremlin nervous that Witkoff has gone too far (again) without having Trump on board? That would be embarrassing. /3
Is the Kremlin nervous that Witkoff has gone too far (again) without having Trump on board? That would be embarrassing. /3
Like TASS, RT and Pravda frame their stories in terms of an American peace plan -- and as "scoops" from American news sources.
The framing makes it seem as though Russia wasn't even involved (which, of course, it was). /2
The framing makes it seem as though Russia wasn't even involved (which, of course, it was). /2
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Like TASS, RT and Pravda frame their stories in terms of an American peace plan -- and as "scoops" from American news sources.
The framing makes it seem as though Russia wasn't even involved (which, of course, it was). /2
The framing makes it seem as though Russia wasn't even involved (which, of course, it was). /2