Brilliant text from @phsilberzahn https://philippesilberzahn.com/2022/03/14/cest-leconomie-stupide-le-dilemme-strategique-de-l-europe-apres-l-ukraine/ … Quoting Khaldoun is always good. He could have quoted Tilly. See also my text "War and the State" as a counterpoint https://cairn.info/revue-strategique-2014-1-page-191.htm?contenu=resume …? BUT first, read Philippe…
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Odessans defend Ukraine’s freedom
⚓️ Одесити обороняють нашу свободу у багатьох містах і селах України!
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) 14 mars 2022
Одесит Сіам – один з військовослужбовців збройних сил: «Мы максимально готовы к сражению до конца, и это будет наша победа»🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/YcMNWaGi8hOdessans defend our freedom in many cities and villages of Ukraine! Odessan Siam is one of the servicemen of the armed forces: “We are fully prepared to fight to the end, and this will be our victory”
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Shocking Mariupol photo: woman and child dead
You might have seen this shocking photo from Mariupol before. It was just reported that the woman didn’t survive. Neither did her unborn child. Photo: Evgeny Maloletka Photography
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British veteran describes missile attack while resting in Ukraine
Another British fighter and UK military veteran said he had just crawled into his sleeping bag after a tough several days without proper rest and put on his eye mask when he heard the first whoosh of a Russian missile. https://
buzzfeednews.com/article/christ
opherm51/russia-missile-attack-yavoriv-ukraine-american-fighters
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Missile attack jolts Yavoriv fighters from training sleep
James described a chaotic, terrifying scene that jolted the fighters from the first sleep many of them had had after several long days of training in Yavoriv.
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Foreign fighters from UK, US, Denmark arrive in Ukraine, head to Yavoriv base
6 foreign fighters we spoke to in Lviv include 4 UK citizens, 1 US, 1 Dane. Eating Domino’s pizza in an apartment, they said they arrived in Ukraine 5 days ago from Poland. Ukrainian military officials met them and brought them to the Yavoriv base.
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Perceived Neglect, Feeling of No Return
I feel I won't go back to it. The neglect…
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Ocupants stole marble toilet in Zaporizhzhia region
The occupiers looted the 'Popov’s Estate' and removed a marble toilet in the Zaporizhzhia region. The toilet was first stolen by the Bolsheviks. Later, some descendants of the thieves "returned" the artifact to the museum. And now, once again, new invaders are stealing the doomed toilet.
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Thanks, I don’t understand: they die for someone else’s idea
I am reading lists of dead invaders. And half of them are such Solboni Purbonovich-like names. What are they doing here? Why die for the 'Russian world,' to which they do not belong? Instead of fighting for their own freedom, they give their lives for the ideas of Russian Nazis. I will never be able to understand this…
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Rivne TV tower hit by Russian strike
The TV tower in Rivne Oblast was damaged in a Russian airstrike, Rivne Regional Administration head Vitaliy Koval reported on Facebook without providing further details.