Rather than using social media as a notebook, it seemed better to establish a separate optionally accessible site: Signal to Noise. The benefit of a members-only site is it reduces trolling. The Belmont Club will remain open and free, as usual. To keep the length manageable, I will start a new notebook every week or so. Sign up here to become a VIP member.
The fall of Kiev but the escape of its targets
The risk and effort that Russian special forces and airborne infantry accepted to “bag” the Ukranian leadership shows much the enemy leadership was the center of gravity. If they come up empty then Putin’s phase 1 has failed to deliver the decisive blow. The failed Hostomel air assault was in retrospect, a key win for the Ukrainians. The Russians had conceived it as part of a decapitation strike.
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1497141384679198723
Putin rolls the dice of war
There are reports that large scale Russian operations in Ukraine have begun
UN: Don’t stop believing.
U.N. Secretary-General Guterres addresses U.N. Security Council meeting: “If indeed an operation is being prepared, I have only one thing to say from the bottom of my heart: Pres. Putin, stop your troops from attacking Ukraine. Give peace a chance." https://t.co/zEbTJQF9x1 pic.twitter.com/leJZgJRvev
— ABC News (@ABC) February 24, 2022
Biden condemns Putin attack. ‘The world will hold Russia accountable’
Putin: I have decided.
