Excellent piece by @UriLF
Natalia Gevorkyan @JohnEdHerbst and @apolyakova challenge the usual interpretation.
"The more straightforward moral of the story is that a frightened young Vladimir backed off when threatened"
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/08/putin-russia-ukraine-war-cornered-rat-story/674890/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/NChildersMEP/status/1686813706254958604