Nikki Finke
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Nikki Finke
@NikkiFinke
Penske Business Media consultant; https://t.co/Wpbo1OUaVE Editor Emeritus & Founder; Moscow/London/Wash DC/Hwood journalist; showbiz fiction CEO.





BREAKING: Per Reuters, the United States has expelled 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations over national security concerns.

NEW: Ukraine demanded an immediate ceasefire and Russian troop withdrawal on Monday, as a delegation arrived for talks with Russia at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, per Ukrainian presidency statement. Ukrainian delegation includes Defense Minister Reznikov, Zelensky not present

Ukraine-Russia talks began just before 6aET, 1pm Kyiv time.

Yes we must take Putin’s nuke threat seriously. But I’m not inclined to lose sleep (yet). Here’s my view as a diplomat who served in EUR—very preliminarily & subject to critique 1. If he tried, his generals wouldn’t let him. Do they want their families & friends wiped out?

Good morning from Ukraine to those waking up on the east coast. Kyiv is still standing. Western intel predictions varied, and even most optimistic said city would fall within 2-3 days. But the out-matched Ukrainian military is putting up a valiant fight to defend the city


Putin is acting like Stalin after World War II when he imposed puppet regimes in Eastern Europe. But he has grossly miscalculated, overestimating his brutal power & underestimating Ukrainian people's power. Ukrainians will never submit to Putin's imperial rule. Never.



