Putin Address

https://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/70565

Much of the transcript is completed; check back at the link later tonight for more.

Commentary:

https://www.gfilotto.com/putins-speech-and-what-it-means

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2023/02/21/breaking-news-a-nano-second-to-midnight/

https://sonar21.com/an-unexpected-insight-for-the-elite-the-us-may-be-the-biggest-loser-in-the-war-on-russia-by-alastair-crooke/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-21/putin-defiant-as-struggling-ukraine-invasion-nears-second-year

https://gatesofvienna.net/2023/02/nato-on-the-ropes-in-ukraine/