Putin isn’t going to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
He is going to make a big show of them, however, in the hopes that pearl-clutching appeasement syndrome will spread in Europe and the US.
Someone might have survived.
OK, probably not.
Bavovna.
I suppose if you’re standing in the middle of an open field with nothing but a knife, you might as well wave it a few times.
Better to use a shovel.
Top Gun, Drone Division
A Russian drone crew gets HIMARSed.
Turn around and walk back to Russia where you belong and fucking stay there.
Indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas. Will anyone do anything after the war to hold Russia accountable?
This isn’t indiscriminate shelling. It is intentionally targeting an apartment building.
Russia has also systematically gone about destroying Vovchansk.
Just like they destroyed Bakhmut.
More Russian double-tap strikes.
A lot has been posted online about Ukrainian pilots training in F-16s, but having support personnel in place is just as important. These folks don’t usually get medals, but they keep an air force flying.
And it looks like the first F-16 has already arrived in Ukraine.
Wars often force military planners to rethink their assumptions. This war will not only bring drone combat to the forefront, it also shows how social media can be leveraged to — among other things — crowdsource funding for sniper bullets.
The next step in the evolution of drones? Drone donuts.
Meanwhile, in Krynky …
I don’t think it’s supposed to do that.
I see more and more of this online — people blaming the United States and Europe (mostly the US) for pretty much every setback in the war. If only aid had not been delayed, if only the US lifted restrictions on the use of some weapons, if only Germany would send Taurus missiles.
While those are legitimate gripes, there are many reasons for how the war is going right now.
3/ I might criticize my President for his mistakes, but he's right on multiple issues. One of them is foreign aid— it's too little, too late. It causes an effect that I coined as the "vaccination effect," where small weapon deliveries don't tip the balance but let the enemy adapt
4/ This situation also creates an environment where battlefield failures are blamed either entirely on the US for not providing enough aid or on the Ukrainian government for poor or delayed wartime political decisions, such as delayed mobilization or lack of fortifications.
5/ At this point, it's not uncommon for me to hear theories suggesting that the West, especially the US, is deliberately withholding aid to force Ukraine into negotiations. It's also believed that the US influences European partners, causing delays in aid from Europe as well.
6/ Whether I agree with these theories or not is irrelevant. What's more concerning is that such narratives are present among Ukrainian soldiers and officers, who do not understand why they can't engage Russian forward bases and concentrations of forces with the provided weapons
7/ One could argue that it's not the US's responsibility to provide more aid to Ukraine However, if that's the case, then the leaders of the free world should be transparent about it: "This war has made you a burden, and you should handle it on your own from here"
8/ Once more, I may partially agree, fully agree, or disagree with this sentiment. I aim to transmit these sentiments I've heard from dozens of people. The strategic miscalculations of our leadership don't excuse our partners from their previous commitments and transparency.
War fatigue is real.
But it is possible to still find dancing videos.
He should have stayed home.
These dudes should go home before they end up fertilizing a Ukrainian sunflower field.
Does this punk remind anyone else of Joffrey Baratheon?
I’m not sure what this is supposed to be, but it’s cool video. The music is pretty good too.
Sweden steps up.
I have no doubt that before the war is over, the US will have spent much more than $335 billion.
Useful travel tip if you go to Ukraine — the cleanest public bathroom in the whole country is at the bus stop in Uman.
I couldn’t do that even when I was young enough to do that.
Fortunately he is too young to really understand what’s going on.
It takes an entire nation to win a war.
Dad’s home.
Combat canines.
The look on his face.