Day 638
Placing elements in context
Kyiv isn’t Anadyr. The winters here are mild. Residents of the capital are not worried about more missile attacks or Maidan 3. Shaun obviously is. but he is profoundly confused, as are most of the russophilic expat jornos wandering around drunk on Thanksgiving. Many of them were here ten years ago, when they failed miserably and collectively to report on Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine. Instead, they made up bullshit about a grassroots insurrection and “separatist” rebellion.
The same newspaper quotes Timothy sounding upbeat about Ukraine’s prospects.