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Zhora, a sixtyish ex-cop wearing military tactical gear, was the only Falun Gong guy out there doing his Qigong exercises this morning. He looked lonely. In other news, a Kestrel followed me to work and the mighty Dnipro has overflowed its banks.
But first Yuriy at Butusov Plus. He demonstrates, again1, why it’s not exactly a bright idea to base your knowledge about recent enemy advances in eastern Ukraine on military “experts” and foreign correspondents who, in the 11th year of the war, continue to misunderstand — or, at least, miscommunicate — what the fuck is actually taking place2.
Looking on the positive side, better maps, thanks in large part to the boys and girls at DeepState, who continue to debunk sitreps by military press officers on the nation’s TV-marathon.
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The all-the-president’s-men part of this bloody mess won’t end with a peace conference in mid-June. We’ll be lucky if we can still charge our electric gagdets by then.
Practiced no-hands bicycle riding with this exquisitely dressed scooter commuter who is wearing a hat because it’s chilly.
An amusing article appeared in The New York Times about parliament’s adoption yesterday of a measure that would allow Ukrainian prisoners to join the military3.
Funny, cuz it quotes:
Ms. Shulyak
Gen. Yurii Sodol
David Arakhamia
Thibault Fouillet
In that order.
https://tinyurl.com/2x9cr2aj
Ignore Analysts. Stay away from experts (June 18, 2022)