There has been much daydreaming lately about Ukraine joining NATO, acceding to the military alliance like West Germany did in 1955. The subject might pop up during meetings between Z, Uncle Joe and other world leaders later this week in Ramstein, Germany.
Kamala is not a big fan. She says the question of Ukraine’s NATO membership is among the “issues that we will deal with if and when it arrives at that point.”
“Right now, we are supporting Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russia’s unprovoked aggression,” she said, adding that she has zero desire to meet Putin to negotiate an end to the war. “Not bilaterally without Ukraine, no. Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine.”
On the war jacket, this from Oleh Sentsov, a lieutenant w/ 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
We hear the word victory less and less, and more often about negotiations. Instead of forced conscription, we hear economic deferments. It will soon become illegal to say end time in service at all.
Biden is now in charge of the Victory Plan, and we're washing our hands of it. Fortress Vuhledar turned out to be not such a strategic town, and we are already used to losing one every day. We already know how many more we will surrender by the end of the year, so we can start putting them in an album.
When entering Kyiv in a military pickup truck, you are cut off three times, blinked at once by an emergency light, and you still see your comrade's severed leg in front of your eyes. You can physically feel this gap and look down without fear, because he is still somewhere in a dugout at the front.
Facebook is filled with posts showing CMSE (Center for Medical-Social Expertise) bribes and open meetings of volunteers. I remember Godfather 2, where the party in Havana continued until Castro's troops entered the city. We have already lost so much time, resources and people that radical changes now can only stabilize the situation in the future. But we continue to choose the strategy of ostriches, because a head in the sand is much safer than facing the truth.
Less than sanguine. Looking on the positive side, he is still alive.
Z continues to quiz partners about how they can contribute to his Victory Plan and will tell ordinary Ukrainians what the strategy is … later. Whatever.
Yesterday, Deepstate published a video of a Russian column moving toward Zolota Nyva southwest of Vuhledar in Donetsk region, following the Kashlahach River up to Velyka Novosilka.
By accident, this morning I listened to Cherkasy region native Serhiy talking about his 5-year migration odyssey to Poland, Canada the United States and back (to Poland).
Finally, this from Oleksandra Matviichuk, founder of the Center For Civil Liberties, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022.
I agree with Oleksandra and do not understand why Ukraine has not yet been given the tools to pulverise Russian all military targets within a 500-kilometer radius of Ukraine. Maybe that’s the question 60 Minutes should have asked Kamala.