Feb. 24, 2023: The second year of the Ukraine war begins

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

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Summary

One year ago today, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine that he thought would quickly topple the government in Kyiv, expose Western powers as feckless and hopelessly divided, and usher in a new, muscular era of Russian world power. He was wrong on all counts. But the toll of that decision has been immense. A year of unspeakable tragedy has left enormous questions about what lies ahead — more on that in a moment — but the history of this conflict is now beginning to be written. Our team has compiled a must-read oral history of the effort, told by those in highest echelons of power, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines. Plus, national security reporter Alex Ward recently attended the Munich Security Conference and visited Poland alongside President Biden's trip to the region, and shares the view from the ground. Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter Raghu Manavalan is the host and senior editor of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO Audio.

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0:00.0	Sponsored by Amazon.
0:03.0	Good morning Playbookers.
0:05.1	I'm Rugu Monovalin.
0:06.6	GOP primary news, plus it's been one year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
0:12.0	Here are the big things we're watching on Friday, February 24th.
0:16.4	From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the RNC announced that the first GOP presidential primary debate
0:23.0	of the cycle will take place in Milwaukee in August.
0:27.2	That will be alongside the party's summer meeting.
0:30.4	More details aren't yet available, but the debate will proceed next year's Republican
0:35.4	National Convention in the city.
0:41.1	Per Maggie Haberman and Maggie Astor from the New York Times,
0:44.5	some of the significant outstanding questions include whether the RNC will force debate participants to sign a loyalty pledge,
0:49.8	vowing to back the ultimate GOP nominee,
0:52.1	and whether it will impose a floor on the number of individual
0:56.3	donors a candidate needs to make the stage.
1:01.0	And Politico's Natalie Allison reports from Des Moines this morning, after three days on the ground,
1:06.8	that the early days of the GOP campaign in Iowa indicate a broadly unsettled caucus electorate
1:13.6	and a long path ahead for the would-be contenders.
1:16.6	Nikki Haley and Senator Tim Scott both found warm receptions and picky voters just starting to test the field.
1:23.6	Natalie finds lots of voters who are inclined to support Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,
1:30.2	cautious about former President Donald Trump and open to hearing from the rest of the field,
1:35.4	and some of them are worried about Iowa losing a bit of its first in the nation shine.
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