What if everything Putin's been saying about Ukraine was just cover for three massive strategic blunders? Tyler Cooper breaks down the Russian president's catastrophic miscalculations that reveal why this war was doomed from the start. Spoiler: bringing mobile crematoriums and victory parade uniforms to a three-day operation tells you everything.

🎯 What You'll Learn:

• Why Russia's 73% election result in 2019 completely destroys Putin's "de-Nazification" excuse

• How losing more generals in one month than America lost in 20 years exposes Russia's military reality

• The NATO expansion backfire that gave Putin the exact opposite of what he wanted

• Why Ukraine's resistance caught Moscow so off-guard they planned victory parades before firing a shot

👤 Perfect for: lifelong learners and anyone who wants to understand how geopolitical strategies actually work (and fail) in real time.

📍 Chapters:

[00:00] Tyler Cooper reveals Putin's dress uniform mistake

[01:45] The Ukrainian identity miscalculation that started it all

[04:20] Military assumptions that crumbled in week one

[06:50] How Putin accidentally supercharged NATO

[09:10] The economic warfare that backfired spectacularly

[11:30] What these mistakes mean for the war's outcome

Russia planned for a weekend takeover and got a years-long nightmare instead. Cooper connects the dots between battlefield failures and strategic blindness that any leader should avoid. This isn't just about Ukraine. It's about what happens when you believe your own propaganda.

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🔍 Topics: Putin strategy, Ukraine war analysis, NATO expansion, Russian military failures, geopolitical miscalculations

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