Morning Jolt: Putin Moves Ominously toward Ukraine

On the menu today: two bits of really bad news and then some serious hope. The evidence is piling up that Vladimir Putin really does intend to invade Ukraine later this winter. Meanwhile, at home, President Biden offers utterly lame excuses that no one could have possibly foreseen surging demands for Covid-19 tests this winter. But over at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, scientists think they've developed the variant-killer, the One Vaccine to Defeat Them All.

Is Vladimir Putin Bending His Knees?

I don't want to serve up a heaping portion of ominous news right before the holidays, but this thread from Dmitri Alperovitch, the Russian-born U.S. computer executive and co-founder of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, lays out a thoroughly unnerving case that Vladimir Putin is going to invade Ukraine later this winter.

Could all of this be a feint?

If you're lucky enough to meet my father, there's a roughly 50-50 chance that at some point he will tell you a story from his Navy days about serving on the staff of Admiral Thomas Moorer ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 22 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY December 22 2021 Putin Moves Ominously toward Ukraine On the menu today: two bits of really bad news and then some serious hope. The evidence is piling up that Vladimir Putin really does intend to invade Ukraine later this winter. Meanwhile, at home, President Biden offers utterly lame excuses that no one could have possibly foreseen surging demands for Covid-19 tests this winter. But over at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, scientists think they've developed the variant-killer, the One Vaccine to Defeat Them All. Is Vladimir Putin Bending His Knees? I don't want to serve up a heaping portion of ominous news right before the holidays, but this thread from Dmitri Alperovitch, the Russian-born U.S. computer executive and co-founder of the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, lays out a thoroughly unnerving case that Vladimir Putin is going to invade Ukraine later this winter. Could all of this be a feint? If you're lucky enough to meet my father, there's a roughly 50-50 chance that at some point he will tell you a story from his Navy days about serving on the staff of Admiral Thomas Moorer ...   READ MORE

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