It’s a tale of two offensives.
Ukraine continues to advance north toward the Russian town of Glushkovo, while over in Russia’s Kursk offensive their troops headed east from Snagost toward Lyubimovka.
Putin has ordered an increase of 180,000 more troops for the country’s military. But can they sustain that?
Another video from a Russian soldier warning other not to join the army. He was trained to be a drone operator, then was sent to Vovchansk, where they didn’t have any drones for him to operate.
The guy who was arrested for trying to shoot Trump went to Ukraine, but was rejected for the International Legion. The director of a non-government volunteer project for Ukraine explains the realities of volunteering.
1. There are thousands of potential volunteers from South America, Africa, and South Asia. They have military experience but often limited formal education; they may not read and write or often don't speak English. They usually haven't traveled outside their home countries unless deployed. The red flags on a scam that are obvious to you or me are not obvious to them; they are a vulnerable population to exploit. They think they have a real offer with the Ukrainian military and might spend their life savings to go to Ukraine only to get denied entrance at the border.
2. Ukraine cannot and does not provide visa assistance for neighboring countries or transit countries for volunteers who need it (by law it cannot). These fake recruiters promise visa help which means the volunteers fly somewhere and cannot enter and get stranded.
3. Volunteers make life-altering decisions to go to Ukraine. They quit jobs, sell cars, sell all possessions, buy expensive kit, and say good-bye to families. Some of them are doing that when in reality they are not accepted by the AFU and might not be eligible.
4. This takes good volunteers out of the fight. If they were a good candidate and Ukraine would have taken them, they're now doing nothing and thinking everything in Ukraine might be a scam.
5. People get confused and don't know how to apply, who to contact, or what to do. Good volunteers give up on going.
6. It gives foreign volunteers a bad name because people who should have been rejected for all kinds of reasons (mental health, physical fitness, criminal history) still get offers from fake recruiters and show up in Ukraine telling people that they are volunteering.
7. It wastes the time of recruiters (and me) constantly trying to tell people what is real and not real.
Russian missile gone astray.
Light ‘em up.
Ukraine is prepared to go anywhere to hit Russian troops.
We blew that shit up!!!!! ARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!
This river is northeast of Kyiv.
War by other means.
Standard operating procedure in the Russian Army.
More F-16s coming.
It was reported that he died when his skull was crushed, which indicates he was targeted, perhaps by partisans. Or maybe he just pissed somebody off.
Bless their hearts.
A Ukrainian flight crew member guards this MiG-29 to make sure mice don’t try to sabotage it.
