Andrew Fesiak's Update on the Ukraine War

Andrew Fesiak rejoins Economics Matters with reassuring news about the war in Ukraine. As I'm traveling in Europe until early June, my son and occasional co-host, Alex, interviews Andrew. This is Andrew's 6th appearance on Economics Matters. He is, as ever, fully up-to-date on what's happening for real in Ukraine. Indeed, our military and everyone in the Administration, particularly the President, would do well to watch this podcast. Ukraine, it seems, is acquiring more and better cards than Russia and doing so at an accelerating pace. Where and when this will end is largely in Putin's court.

But, as Andrew points out, and which the Wall Street Journal confirmed the next day, Ukrainian drones and missiles are hitting Russia everywhere that Putin looks. And, as he looks, he realizes he can't hold the regular May Day parade, i.e., with scores of tanks, missiles, and other military equipment. Doing so risks their parade-time destruction. Imagine the message that would send to the World. Hence, as Andrew predicted and the Journal has since confirmed, May Day in Russia will be an equipment-less parade -- one that's as short as possible, permitting Putin to dive back into his bunker in record time.

Andrew is Senior Consultant at Black Trident Defense and Security Group. He’s an expert on Ukrainian and Russian relations, politics, history, culture, and the ongoing war. Andrew has lived in Ukraine for decades, having emigrated from Canada. His grandparents and parents were Ukrainian (as was one of my grandfathers).