Day 503

It’s hard not to agree with Marie-Josée.

NATO’s Worst-of-Both-Worlds Approach to Ukraine. Why the German Model Won’t Solve a Problem of the Alliance’s Own Making (Foreign Affairs, July 10, 2023)

In other — perhaps-related — news, Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine’s disgraced former Prosecutor General turned Ambassador to Switzerland, remains under house arrest at the U.S. Embassy in Bern.

Photo c/o Iryna Venediktova

Remember Iryna¹?

And, finally, Vladimir Osechkin spills the beans about the creation of Wagner PMC in May 2014 and its role in eastern Ukraine. Shhhh! Don’t tell western media, who at the time — and for years before Russia’s all-out invasion in February 2023 — filed bullshit stories about the grassroots pro-Russian separatist movement there. If they are still employed, we welcome their resignation!

1. A Step in the Wrong Direction. Zelensky loyalist appointed Ukraine's Prosecutor General (March 17, 2020)