ukraine@war

ukraine@war

Day 487

Vile purulence

Jun 25, 2023
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The mutiny in Russia is over. Long live the insurrection!

Downtown Rostov on June 24, 2023 (Photo c/o Reuters stringer)

The same vile purulence we talked about before the invasion started was on full display for photographers wandering around Rostov, Russia. It’s too bad the world wasn’t paying attention when we experienced similar nightmares nine years ago in Donbas as per jingoism-resistant reportages about pro-Russian separatist groups revolting against the government in Kyiv1.

Team USA gets zero points on a scale of one to ten for offering us bad advice on how to handle the latest flare up of ambition, stupidity and greed.

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