Vladimir Putin has not lost his mind and still wants to avoid sparking a nuclear World War 3, according to a former Russian minister.
Andrei V Kozyrev who worked at Russia's foreign minister between 1990 and 1996, claims there are three misguided yet rational reasons as to why the country's president ordered an invasion of Ukraine.
For all the talk of Putin going insane as he suffers from an alleged terminal illness, the Kremlin believing its own propaganda is more likely to have inspired waging war, Kozyrev says.
In a thread on Twitter, the US-based speaker and author warned the West against bowing to Putin's demands for concessions out of fear of a nuclear attack.
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