There’s been way too much cork-popping among American pundits about the stunning Ukrainian resistance to the Putin invasion. Yes, the Russian forces have performed badly, while the Ukrainians have come through horrors to push them back again and again. Their campaign thus far has been the stuff of epic and will be a gold mine … Continue reading Ukraine: Cut the Crowing: It’s Far From Over
Two from The Economist: “ Ukraine claims to have sunk a Russian warship It is the biggest naval loss since the second world war Apr 14th 2022 KYIV AND LONDON Three years ago The Economist’s defence correspondent was sailing back to Odessa on the Hetman Sahaidachny, then the flagship of Ukraine’s navy. A plaque in … Continue reading Ukraine’s Cossack Roots & It Sinks A Russian Navy Cruiser
Is Putin in seriously bad health? An independent Russian investigative group called Proekt.media says probably yes, in a major report published online on April 1. [Given the heavy censorship of Russian media, it is not possible yet to independently confirm this report, which depends largely in unnamed sources; but our checks suggest it is at … Continue reading Big Read: We Know Putin Is Sick. But Is He also Seriously Ill??
UNHOLY ALLIANCE: Putin’s Holy Man Pushed for the ‘Eradication’ of Ukraine The Daily Beast A. Craig Copetas — Mar. 22, 2022 Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill appears to be just as bloodthirsty as Vladimir Putin himself. Beneath the gold onion domes of the Danilov Monastery a few miles south of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin’s chief shaman … Continue reading Putin’s Orthodox Enabler; and the Magic of War Logistics
“I’ve been writing about Ukraine in this space nonstop for a month. I’m exhausted by it. I suspect you are, too.” That’s not me saying that. It’s Jonathan V. Last (aka JVL). He’s a never-Trumper ex-Republican, who blogs & podcasts for The Bulwark, one of the key ex-GOP-Save-Democracy-if-we-can media shops which I follow. But in … Continue reading Welcome to Spring; the Massacre of Mariupol; and a New Hello Kitty