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Day 19, Phase 2

The Immodest End to Us All

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Apr 13
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Somewhere in Bucha, Kyiv region. Photo by Roman Pilipey @epaphotos

U.S. President Joe Biden has used the word genocide to describe Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine1.

Recall Phase 1 of the mess (February 24 - March 30). It ended with kitted up TikTokering legionnaires wandering around the outskirts of Kyiv taking selfies2.

We are now in the middle of Phase 2: three dozen or so Russian battalion tactical groups are getting ready to occupy all of Donbas, everything between Kharkiv in the north to Mariupol in the south.

Map c/o @war_mapper

Looking on the positive side, Ukraine has received and deployed Kamikaze Switchblade drones to slow down the advance of enemy troops3.

I haven’t gotten around to listening to what Putin and Lukashenko blabbed about yesterday. Maybe I’ll save that for tomorrow.

(to be continued)

1

Biden calls Russia’s war in Ukraine a ‘genocide’ (The Washington Post, April 12, 2022)

2

We are smack dab in the middle of a catastrophe of such magnitude that there is no long-term development scenario. Not one. Anyone who thinks there is plenty of time to think the mess through should have their head examined. (Day 30. Mass Deportation. March 25, 2022)

3

Pentagon Press Briefing (April 12, 2022)

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