The NY Times has a story in which it says the Biden Administration was caught off guard and panicked when Ukraine sank the Moskva.
It is a rather long story but it provides a lot of details about how the Ukrainians worked with, got along with and were aggravated by their American counterparts.
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🛳️🇺🇦🇺🇸 U.S. officials were unhappy when Ukraine did not warn them about the attack on cruiser Moskva, — NYT
🚀 The Biden administration did not plan to allow the Ukrainians to attack the “symbol of Russian power.” Washington was also surprised that Kyiv had missiles [Neptune].
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— MAKS 24 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
There was a testy relationship between Gen. Mark Milley and Ukrainian Gen. Zaluzhny that required some unorthodox patching up.
To keep them talking, the Pentagon initiated an elaborate telephone tree: A Milley aide would call Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, commander of the California National Guard, who would ring a wealthy Los Angeles blimp maker named Igor Pasternak, who had grown up in Lviv with Oleksii Reznikov, then Ukraine’s defense minister. Mr. Reznikov would track down General Zaluzhny and tell him, according to General Baldwin, “I know you’re mad at Milley, but you have to call him.”
And there was some resentment on each side.
But ultimately the partnership strained — and the arc of the war shifted — amid rivalries, resentments and diverging imperatives and agendas.
The Ukrainians sometimes saw the Americans as overbearing and controlling — the prototypical patronizing Americans. The Americans sometimes couldn’t understand why the Ukrainians didn’t simply accept good advice.
Where the Americans focused on measured, achievable objectives, they saw the Ukrainians as constantly grasping for the big win, the bright, shining prize. The Ukrainians, for their part, often saw the Americans as holding them back. The Ukrainians aimed to win the war outright. Even as they shared that hope, the Americans wanted to make sure the Ukrainians didn’t lose it.
Excuse us for a minute. We have a flagship to blow up.
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🌊🛳️ The Full Story of the Sinking of — Moskva from NYT: US and Ukrainian naval officers were conducting reconnaissance when something unexpected appeared on their radar screens.
“Oh, it’s Moskva,” the American officials said..
The Ukrainians replied, “Oh my God. Thank you very much. Goodbye.”
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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Russia continues to attack Kharkiv with drones and missiles.
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This was the scene this morning on Nauky Ave, one of the main arteries of Kharkiv
Two pensioners were killed and 35 were wounded in the multiple drone attack. A teenage girl remains seriously ill.
A military hospital was hit (a war crime) but also ordinary people's homes/shops
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— Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Thanks to the Russian bloggers who were so helpful.
Meanwhile, back in Sudzha in the Kursk region, they have run out of marshmallows.
Another 1,510 Russians who should have stayed home plus 14 tanks.
In case you wonder how Russia can lose 1,500 guys a day.
This video shows Ukrainian soldiers clearing a village near Toretsk of Russians. It is combat up close.
Ukraine let them enter the village, then destroyed their armor and wiped out the infantry hiding in basements and houses. Finally, one Russian decides it’s better to surrender.
WARNING: The video shows dead Russians, but the images are blurred and pixilated.
Did anyone dare to tell Trump that the U.S. banned Russian oil imports three years ago?
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Trump called me to say he’s furious with Putin and ready to impose additional tariffs on Russian oil, NBC journalist reports. He said that if Russia doesn’t agree to stop the war in Ukraine, and if he thinks they’re to blame, he’ll slap 25% tariffs on Russian oil anytime.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Captured North Koreans have returned a dividend of useful intelligence.
Well, what else do you do with a shopping cart full of dismembered body parts?
The net on this thing might actually prevent a drone from detonating, but it is impractical as hell. And it wouldn’t stop a grenade from detonating right next to him and killing him with shrapnel.
This anti-drone innovation needs a name. How about Spaghetti Tank?
It’s a Scooby van bavovna.
What’s next? Blind soldiers with guide dogs?
Solovyev wakes up and smells the coffee.
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Russian propagandist Solovyov suddenly realized that Putin's "demilitarization" of Ukraine has backfired and worked in reverse. "We are fighting with legendary weapons, while they have modern ones." Legendary weapons — are those the donkeys?
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Wall of Death. Excellent! 😃
Here’s a great way to avoid the Wall of Death — get the fuck out of Ukraine.
Well, to be fair, Russia has never produced a car that the rest of the world was just dying to purchase.
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"We killed our vehicle industry.All the screwdriver assembly has collapsed in the last 2yrs.Russia has completely switched to importing Chinese cars”
“Z-bloggers"complain that Russia has ruined its automobile industry with its own hands,which”China took advantage of in a difficult moment for Russia”
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The people of Turkey show how it’s done. Imagine if two million people marched in Washington.
I won’t wish death on this scumbag because it would be …. umm, wrong.
But I’ll smile when I read his obit.
The commander of the Nazi group Rusich unit of the reconnaissance battalion of the 42nd division of the Russian Armed Forces, Alexey Milchakov, posted a video on his channel in which Russian soldiers shoot prisoners and civilians and kidnap children of murdered parents. Milchakov called it the best advertisement for the Russian Ministry of Defense, and his post gathered more than ten thousand likes from Russian citizens.
This war would be over a lot sooner if the Russians would just shoot each other more often.
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On March 27, Russian troops wiped out their own men. After failing an initial assault, they attempted another attack, deploying infantry near the same positions. However, instead of advancing, their own BMP opened fire on them, eliminating their own forces on the spot.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hey! Don’t these guys know that smoking is bad for you?
If these guys making video appeals to Tsar Vlad want to get a response out of him, they should threaten to march to the Kremlin and hang him in Red Square.
This guy is shocked, SHOCKED, that his commanders treat them like “subhuman” pieces of meat.
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A beaten-down, tearful Russian thought he’d go fight in Ukraine and life would be great, but harsh reality shattered his fantasies. Russian command quickly snapped him back to the grim spirit of their army, showing him his worthless place in the Russian world.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One day these guys will figure out that instead of blindly following orders to go on an assault with no ammo and no communication, there is this thing called fragging.
Instead they make a video and ask for an immediate investigation. 😂😅
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1/ Ten likely doomed Russian soldiers have issued a desperate appeal from a Ukrainian cellar, where they say they have been sent into a "hopeless situation" without transport, ammunition, communications or even a map. They ask the Russian authorities to intervene against their commanders. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
4/ The men say: "We were sent on a combat mission. They were transporting us at night. We don’t even know the location. They sent us without a radio, without communication, without ammunition. All the BMPs were destroyed before they even reached the destination.
5/ "There are 10 of us. Some are wounded. There is no help. We were sent to certain death. We don’t even have thematic maps to navigate the terrain. We are sitting here blind, not knowing what to do.
6/ "There is fighting on all sides. We are in a hopeless situation. They consider us expendable."In addition, they say, "when we were at the unit’s location, we were beaten, mocked, and intimidated."
I have no sympathy for farmers in Belgorod. They don’t have to worry about being targeted by Ukrainian drones and they don’t have to worry about running over mines while working in the fields.
It might not have armor and a drone might make it explode like a roll of Menthos in a two-liter bottle of Coke, but I’ll bet it has adequate cup holders.
With help from Trump’s threats and extortion attempts, Zelenskyy would likely win in a landslide.
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Zelensky eyes a July election if a ceasefire is reached by April 20, per The Economist. Trump and Putin’s pressure boosted his popularity. Martial law, ending May 8, is a challenge. Opposition expects a delay.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ukraine’s second national anthem.
“Putin Khuylo” translates to Putin is a dickhead.
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Kharkiv! My favorite song!
"Putin khuylo! La, la, la, la, la, la... Putin khuylo! La, la, la, la, la, la..."
#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar
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— OSINT Intuit (@urikikaski.bsky.social) March 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
