This is the essence of colonial logic: only we, the colonizers, have a history; anyone whom we encounter along the way does not. For the purposes of a colonial war, this logic must be insisted upon, even if it rests on the wisp of a baptism. And so Ukrainian history, including the Cossack entities that did in fact reside in southern Ukraine, has to be derided. The Crimean Khanate, an actual state which preceded any based in Moscow, has to be ignored. Its early rulers shaped Muscovite history rather than the other way around. It endured for several hundred years on the territory of Crimea, and other parts of what is now southern Ukraine. (If one were to accept the principle that ancient statehood and baptism legitimized modern borders, than it would be the indigenous people of Crimea, the Crimean Tatars, who would have a voice. When their leaders underwent a religious conversion, to Islam, they ruled much of what is now the Asian part of Russia. Do they get it back?)
That’s not a bad intercept rate.
“Moscow had fired 75 rockets towards Ukraine by midday on Monday, the Commander-in-Chief of the country’s military said, 41 of which were neutralized by Ukrainian missile defense systems.”
Looks like a close shave
Ukraine should take out one of Vlad’s favorite pleasure palaces/vacation homes now.
Tempting. Given that we’ve already heard 
hand-wringing about “moral high ground” in connection with the car-bombing of a 
propagandist, I think that 
likely needs total focus on rubbing out the military on their soil. After that, they can declare their country entirely back under Kyiv’s control, and join NATO.
Yeah, I’m wondering why this hasn’t happened. As a symbolic strike.
and
According to Ukraine’s national air defense information network, during Monday morning Russia launched missiles at Ukrainian targets from six airfields. Vitaly Kim, head of the Mykolaiv regional defense command, said the Russian military was also firing missiles from airfields in Russia’s Astrakhan region. The third wave alone, launched at around 9:30 a.m., contained 47 missiles, he said.
would be nice if Ukraine had the military ability and diplomatic clout to go after those missile launch capabilities.
Well they certainly shown those 9 year olds who runs things
It’s the FAA command and control centers that should be of concern.
Also, is it really deliberately false propaganda?
Seems to me if you come across a box of teeth, gas-masks, pliers etc in one place, in an area recently occupied by a hostile army known to have left mass-graves of civilians and various other human-rights abuses in its wake, “that’s a torture chamber” is not an unreasonable assumption to make.
Technically an Article 5 thing, right?
Russian compromise is the same as the Republican one: it’s when they get everything, and the other person gets nothing.
