We are in day nine, which is already day 10 where it counts. It is all just a bunch of talking heads with the best still worth listening-to. A reason while it is so engrossing still is… we’ll get to that. Something to add to the list of motives and reasons for success is the threats don’t work so well in your own country. Putin can’t nuke it.
The main reason it is still so suspenseful is Putin and Russia still have not repelled it. George Barros said it best: it took Putin several days to even respond.
I am not a reporter in Ukraine or Europe. I’m outside of Denver. The nearest really big city is Salt Lake City (521 miles) or Kansas City (557 in the other direction).
Odesa is less than 300 miles from Kyiv. Kyiv to Kharkiv is only 255 miles. Kharkiv is 100 miles from Sudzha, Kursk, Russia.
This is close–certainly the Europe part of Russia. It is part of the war zone. (Kharkiv is 403 miles from Moscow, which is some 4,000, by air, miles from Vladivostok).
What is Going to Happen?
It is all adding up. Afghanistan did it but it wasn’t–Ukraine’s size, terrain, and history are unique–nearly the same. Very few other countries could withstand a huge, frontal, sustained attack like this. Take away all the obstacles and Ukraine via Zelensky has done remarkably well.
What is the answer, and how can, as Michael Clarke asks, Ukraine avoid decades of similar attempts? The answer is NATO. You can’t do it during a war. But they can do whatever they want.
One more question: Is corruptionless a word? This achievement is corruptionless.
The Border, not the first time it has been shown, but still an early first-hand view. Channel 4 and particularly this woman often have first-person video. CNN was there too asking the question, why no drones? The trucks zooming by speak for themselves.
Sky and Michael Clarke (he appears elsewhere as well) are still the standard for concise daily reporting when there is military news. DW Youtube, once a standard for live news and reporting, has waned; Nick Connolly was eventually at the border too.
Telegraph, while perhaps the leader in this space due to Ukraine the Latest, can be sensational on the ghoulish side. Don’t search for their most-viewed videos.
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