The NYT has always been a rag for the oligarchs. Nothing more, nothing less.

No no you see, I have been assured that the Ukrainians are the real nazis. The proof? Well, the Russians said it. And, uh…hexbear! So…you know.

The risks of observing Israel commit war crimes. Props to them for staying and fuck the IDF for firing on the UN.

It’s simple, just don’t get shot

I mean you can’t withdraw if you get encircled

But the article says they thinned out the front line for this operation, whatever that means.

Ukraine also had to thin out its own frontline troops to launch the operation in Kursk. Even before the incursion, those troops were vastly outnumbered.

I feel like there is a well-earned reaction to the lemmygrad and hexbear folks that makes any opinion questioning Ukraine get obliterated, and on balance that’s probably fine, but I want Ukraine to win. I am just a little confused about why they did this. Russia has hundreds of thousands of troops in Ukraine. Sending a couple thousand Ukrainian troops into Russia feels like desperation, not strategy

Yeah I mean this is true for both. Ukraine moved troops off the front, where they are slowly losing ground, to make this assault. Unless they can hold that territory and the line in the east I dunno if this was worth it

Oh I didn’t know that. The Ukrainians and Russians have more or less mutually agreed not to mess with the gas supply thus far, since it benefits them both

How? Did they shut off gas to the EU?

You’re not allowed to come here, it’s private property \s

No. We exchanged eight Russians held in non-Russian prisons for 16 prisoners (some Russian, some not) held in Russian prisons. After Navalny’s death the concern is that people imprisoned for opposing Putin will die in prison.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-gershkovich-whelan-prisoner-swap-354df585ad321ecdbea4c0f2c557f0aa