Day 1141

The Spring/Summer 2025 edition of ukraine@war features stories about spontaneous mass combustion, er, confusion.

Disclaimer: A recent surge in linkery to some of this site’s more pointed comment on Kyiv’s corporate lapdogs and demagogue paste-up artists might lead to a conclusion that all that goes on here is potshot-taking and the raking of muck, when nothing could be further from the truth: regular readers of ukraine@war will attest that most material posted here is gently evocative, quietly reverent, and more often than not focused on building community, on uniting rather than dividing.

I’ve swapped out New Balance’s Bulava dogs for my ancient Hoka Bondis, which remain functional, at least for walking and cultivating grapes.