Interesting thread. A former Russian foreign minister believes that Putin is not irrational, but only deluded by his own propaganda and ideology, much like Cheney and Rumsfeld in 2003.

The ultimate conclusion here is that the West should not agree to any unilateral concessions or limit its support of Ukraine too much for the fear of nuclear war.

— Andrei V Kozyrev (@andreivkozyrev) March 6, 2022