Day 854
Where is the outrage?
I wonder if somewhere there’s a support group for people to get together and work through feelings that linger on from dealing with milibloggers in the years 2022–2024.
Checking voltage, explosive charges.
A bunch of missiles this morning. I went running anyway.
Substack now lets you pick thumbnails.
Trump and Biden are scheduled to debate each other this evening. The Ukraine bits might be interesting.
Our nine fronts, most of which are in eastern Ukraine, are holding, kind of, maybe, depending, according to Deepstate.
Not much left of Chasiv Yar.
Z was in Pokrovsk yesterday. He looked a little puffy, sounded pissed off.
The Washington Post published an article about the sacking of Joint Forces Commander Yuriy Sodol1.
The more Z meddles in military matters, the more damage he does. The president and the head of his office have zero competency in battlefield strategy and have made numerous bonehead decisions, including the appointment of Sodol in the first place.
Maybe he should focus exclusively on other stuff.
Zelenskyy: Kingdom of Tonga joins Peace Summit communiqué
KYIV. June 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The Kingdom of Tonga (a state in Polynesia) joined the joint communiqué of the Peace Summit participants, which became the ninth signatory after the inaugural summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
"I appreciate the Kingdom of Tonga becoming the ninth participant to sign the joint communiqué following the first Peace Summit. We can see that the principles outlined in this historic document are shared by countries from all over the world. We value Tonga's commitment to them," the president said on X.
"We make every effort to ensure that no one falls behind in global efforts to restore the full force of the UN Charter. Every peace-loving nation's voice must be heard," Zelenskyy noted.
He also emphasized that achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and restoring respect for international law meets the interests of all countries, including the island states of Oceania.
To date, the Joint Communiqué of the Peace Summit participants, held on June 15-16 in Switzerland, has been supported by 84 states and five organizations, including Tonga.
Amid war setbacks and complaints, Ukraine changes another top general. The criticism, and replacement, of a top general suggests splits opening inside the military amid setbacks in the battle against Russia (The Washington Post, June 26, 2024)
Churchill stayed out of battlefield decisions as much as possible. Hitler didn't.