The authors are actually from Donetsk /Lugansk witnessed in person the shit that went down there in spring 2014. Fantastic book. I wish I could find a similar one for Donbas 2014-2022

Until Putin has no choice but to abandon ambitions to control all Ukraine the only outcome the "WE MUST DIALOGUE" crowd will get is "I TOLD YOU SO" posts from Kaja Kallas

Also I'm delighted to say that at 1600 CET, 1500 UK time and 1000 EST I will be holding a s-stak live with Volodomyr Havrylov. He is a retd Ukrainian general, who served as Deputy Minister of Defense from 2022-2023 and is actively involved in Ukrainian affairs. He has some important things to say.

He's the biggest killer of Russian speakers too

Bingo, migrants exercising their own agency is the real grievance here

God I remember watching these videos almost live every day while following what would become the revolution. Ukrainian society is just in a league of its own, not glazing when I say it's my main inspiration on how to be a better citizen.

But I thought perennial control of the Black Sea was the God-given right of the great Russian empire and a fundamental reality of geopolitics and even putting a scratch on the Black Sea fleet would spark the WW3? Chat what happened?

There is something extra pathetic about fash men slathering their aging faces with Instagram grade face filters.

Surely at least half this image is bots at this point? I'm so glad to have ditched that fash app.

Endless, endless impunity. How tf is a fragile new Syria supposed to work with western partners in good faith when the US actively enables this, and EU states turn a blind eye?

Why even spend a few million building infrastructure when Israel can just blow it up at any time with zero consequences?