Brian Milakovsky
Mostly tweet about socio-economics of Donbas conflict, Ukraine, occasionally other US foreign policy. Mainer in eastern Europe since 2009. All opinions my own
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I wanted to elaborate on theme in my recent piece for @opendemocracyru on occupation of rural #Luhansk east #Ukraine: the policies Kyiv got right that bolstered patriotic residents...
My latest for @opendemocracyru on the (comparatively!) "soft" occupation of northern #Luhansk #Donbas east #Ukraine. Russia has various occupation formulas and understanding how th...
A thread about trying to understand #Russia's horrific war on #Ukraine from the perspective of someone who structured my entire understanding of the #Donbas #Donbass conflict (wher...
I wrote about #Donbas front in #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine for @ForeignAffairs. THREAD https://t.co/Rv3r2oCo5g