I see a lot of motherfuckers who should not be opening their piehole on the Russian invasion of Ukraine talking up a storm, and there are a lot of people who should just sit this one out.
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: So It Begins
People singing the Ukrainian national anthem in Kramatorsk, Donetsk oblast, today in resistance to the Russian aggression. Source of the video: NEXTA. pic.twitter.com/GP3tD0vX7h — Kateryna Zarembo (@KaterynaZarembo) February 23, 2022 #UPDATE US President Biden says "world will hold Russia accountable" over its attack on Ukraine that he warns will cause "catastrophic loss of life". Biden …
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Ukraine Update
Apparently someone asked for an Ukraine update. The NOTAMs (Notice to Airmen) declaring a no fly zone for civilian aviation over eastern Ukraine went up about five hours ago. NOTAMS over the entirety of the eastern border of Ukraine. https://t.co/FBmgJTggya — Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) February 23, 2022 This indicates that Russia is intending to do …
Breaking: Putin Has Informed Macron and Scholz That He Will Recognize the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics
For those who have been patting themselves on the back that diplomacy was working so a military buildup for both deterrence and, if the worst should happen, response was not needed, well your diplomacy just failed! Putin is expected to make an address to the Russian nation any minute now. Scheduled for 9pm Moscow time …
A Few Bits and Bobs Regarding Ukraine
I’m going to Bigfoot Cole here a bit, but I think it’s sort of necessary. First, despite what the self proclaimed progressive left on Twitter and other social media platforms assert, Ukraine actually has agency. Whatever does and does not happen in the next week or several weeks or months is not because Putin has …
The Strategist’s & Policy Maker’s Dilemma: Assumption of Risk
In the comments to my post on Russia and Ukraine last night several people asked why I was very explicit about the force posture I would like to see happen to deter Russian aggression in Europe and against Ukraine. These were all excellent questions and they deserve a bit of attention and a response in …
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Some Strategic Concerns To Keep In Mind as Russia’s Aggression Against Ukraine Unfolds
When I last wrote about Ukraine on the 5th of December, my point was that we were moving too slowly to deter Russia. As in the military assets that needed to be moved, as s demonstration of seriousness and resolve to back up our diplomatic efforts, needed to have started moving in November 2021. In …