Day 9, Phase 2
Photo c/o Bochkala_#TheWar c/o Reuters It’s a quiet cold Sunday morning in Kyiv. I sit down to read about Ukraine… Five minutes later, I’m stuck in the...
Day 8, Phase 2
The actual circumstances of the mental disease were unglamorous in the extreme, but back in America these details were overshadowed by efforts to find a...
Day 7, Phase 2
Photo by Mssrs: Aris Messinis, Alex Kent, Chris McGrath, Sergi Mykhalchuk Ze’s official Telegram posts photographs taken in all parts of Ukraine daily. So...
Day 6, Phase 2
Photo c/o Bochkala_# Somehwere in Ukraine We know knowledge matters, but although we know that Americans who are avid TikTok users, for example, behave...
Day 5, Phase 2
Photo c/o The Sacrifice. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1986. As we attempted to point out diplomatically on Day 18 (Fred's Non-predictive Intelligence Floppery), Putin...
Day 4, Phase 2
Nathan’s map. *** London-based practicing philosopher Vladimir Pastukhov answers the question, “When will it end?” No one knows, and no one knows what “it”...
Day 3, Phase 2
Map c/o Третя Сила Putin’s Special Operation continues to resemble Carlos Castaneda’s A Separate Reality, without the ibogaine. The apocalypse forecasted has...
Day 2, Phase 2
Map c/o Washington Post (c/o Fred) ... Some genius at WAPO decided to label Russia-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions as “separatist-controlled,” making...
Day 1, Phase 2
Kharkiv Economic University. Photo Photo c/o Третя Сила There's something about senseless destruction in this photograph, which evokes the Eternal Struggle,...
Day 30
Nathan’s map Could this be Tyler, my “hero,” from Day 29? Or maybe it’s a different TikTok legionnaire wandering around the outskirts of Kyiv. There are lots...
Day 29
Photo: Woman with a gas-proof pram. England 1938. c/o Old Pictures Arkadiy has posted a 17-minute video full of life-saving advice to Belarusian soldiers...
Day 28
Nathan’s map *** The two pink blobs to the West and East of Kyiv interest me the most. Fred’s map. *** Jerome’s map. Steel hedgehogs galore Biden and...
Day 27
#Чорнобаївка c/o Vasyl Mamelin *** As on Day 1, on the Ukrainian jacket, it’s all in your face, famous tongues just a-snakin’ away, badass chains nestled in...
Day 26
Illustration c/o Andriy Bartashev *** During a Sunday appearance on CBS' Face the Nation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said U.S. President Joe...
Day 25
Mark Solonin chats up a *specialist* in Ukraine’s special forces describes ongoing mop-up ops around Kyiv, about how soldiers, volunteers and vets are...
Day 24
Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort by CIR As Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine enters its fourth week, orienting yourself from Kyiv has...
Day 23
I was reminded of St. Patrick’s Day minutes before falling to sleep. That’s a good sign, because I’m not a fan. The holiday got me wondering this morning how...
Day 22
Still shaken from the sacking of Hoholiv due east of frontline Kyiv, our battle-weary war NBC chief foreign correspondent, doing his usual shabby Clarissa...
Day 21
There is nothing glorious about war. Whatever we write about it or think about it belies the unspeakable tragedy of it. Rory always comes to mind when war...
Day 20
An emergency service worker in Kyiv’s Obolon district holds a turtle named Torpedo, who was rescued after an early Monday morning missile attack. (Photo c/o...