Andriy is yucking it up with Keith in Washington, D.C..
Why the chief of protocol for the President’s Office is part of the visiting Ukraine delegation is beyond me. According to his Telegram channel, Andriy briefed Steven the hockey puck about Team Russia’s unconstructive position at peace talks in Istanbul1.
Keith and Steven are Donald’s special envoys to Ukraine and Russia, respectively. They both have done a horrible job and should be replaced. Same goes with Andriy, “the spearhead of Ukrainian diplomacy,” whom nobody likes, with the possible exception of Z2.
Invaders continue to advance in northern areas of Sumy region.
The Wall Street Journal wrote a zillion words about our shipping container op3. And Philips Payson gets a lot of details wrong in his essay for The Atlantic about same4.
Operation Avenue comes to mind, but let’s keep that hush hush.
What the authors of both articles don’t tell us is that Ukraine itself has been one gigantic special operation, er, for at least the last thirty years. This message should be drummed into the consciousness of unsuspecting readers who may not have been paying attention.
Oh, look! The mini sub packed with explosives near the Kerch Strait Bridge5.
Pete, who hates Ukraine, will skip the next meeting at NATO about Ukraine6. This is a positive development, because Pete is an opsec disaster. We don’t want crybaby vets from failed US crusades in the Middle East involved in our defense.
Madyar posts a anti-Russia drone report from the zero line.
The game plan of Zelenskyy's powerful chief of staff. Zelenskyy's chief of staff is accused of being a ruthless political operator. What are his ambitions? (Politico, June 3, 2025)
Inside the Ukrainian Drone Operation That Devastated Russia’s Bomber Fleet. WSJ analysis reveals how Ukraine used homegrown tech and old-school spycraft in the attack (The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2025)
Ukraine’s Warning to the World’s Other Military Forces. Expensive planes, tanks, and ships can be destroyed on the cheap (The Atlantic, June 3, 2025)
Hegseth to skip Ukraine meeting at NATO headquarters. The Defense secretary’s absence marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that a Pentagon chief misses the monthly meeting (Politico, June 3, 2025)