Ground troops, nuclear weapons, Putin... What we need to remember from Emmanuel’s exclusive interview on TF1's 8 o'clock news program on March 14, 2024 is that l'armée de Terre is small, poorly trained and underequipped. French soldiers and underfed and Macron is a windbag.
Leaders of Europe’s three richest countries — Germany, France and Italy — have for the last two decades coddled the meglomaniac from Moscow. The current ones have been looking for an off-ramp for Putin for the last several months, without success. - June 13, 2022
We congratulate France for recent bold pro-Ukraine rhetoric and encourage shipments of more ammo and guns. If Paris wants to station troops in Odesa, that’s fine with me.
According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, France hasn’t been especially supportive during total war1, providing less support than Finland and Czechia.
Team USA, Ukraine’s silly and unpredictable benefactor, meanwhile, is looking for new ways to assist without pissing off MAGA maggots. Speaker Mike is mulling new assistance proposals, instead of providing military gear for free. According to Mike’s idol, Trump, Ukraine would be required to pay back loans of military equipment if Kyiv unexpectedly becomes rich or pisses off future American leaders. An unserious scheme, at best.
Possibly-related, news: the US ambassador to Hungary lambasted Viktor for being a rotten American ally.
In running news, the new baseline:
We decided on these dogs for the spring season.
I’m tempted to get a pair of HOKA Cielo X1s, but I can’t find them on sale in Kyiv. So, if anyone wants to send me a pair, that would be great. Size 45.5. I’ll only wear them on time-trial days.
Total war refers to fighting since February 24, 2022. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 20, 2014, illegally annexing Crimea and occupying areas in eastern Ukraine,