This is a position that has been articulated by some parts of the left for some time. A tendency to rely on doctrinaire statements and claims that diplomacy hasn't been seriously attempted. Beyond the obvious (Putin not seriously interested in negotiations), much diplomacy has been attempted (1/n)

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d ago

Remnick: So we shouldn't send weapons to Ukraine? DSA co-chair Megan Romer: No! Remnick: So, just allow Russia to overrun Ukraine entirely? Romer: We should be sending huge teams of diplomats. We should figure out how to negotiate.w

Scoop: Ukraine halted an intense campaign of drone strikes on oil tankers using the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in the Russian port of Novorossiysk after a request from US vice-president JD Vance in a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/725b...

JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port

Washington alarmed by Kyiv’s campaign on vessels collecting Kazakh oil from Novorossiysk

ft.com

! While some jurnos are reporting Zelensky in 4th place in KIIS’s trust ratings -this is not new or news- that’s where he was! Real story? - Zaluzhnyi’s trust rating seems to have fallen from 73-66% - Budanov’s 70-61% Has Fedorov’s campaign hurt establishment Military figures?

This is a position that has been articulated by some parts of the left for some time. A tendency to rely on doctrinaire statements and claims that diplomacy hasn't been seriously attempted. Beyond the obvious (Putin not seriously interested in negotiations), much diplomacy has been attempted (1/n)

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 3d ago

Remnick: So we shouldn't send weapons to Ukraine? DSA co-chair Megan Romer: No! Remnick: So, just allow Russia to overrun Ukraine entirely? Romer: We should be sending huge teams of diplomats. We should figure out how to negotiate.w

If you'd like to understand more what motivates Russian atrocities and how Russian propaganda plays a role: cup.columbia.edu/book/replayi...

Replaying the Second World War | Columbia University Press

Oleksa Drachewych argues that Russia’s instrumentalization of its memory of WWII has played a significant role in leading Russian forces to commit similar ... | CUP

cup.columbia.edu

Sadly, I expected this to be the case and I discuss how Russian forces use sexual violence as part of their genocidal efforts in my book Replaying the Second World War. Just all the more reason justice needs to be part of any resolution to Russia's War in Ukraine: www.wsj.com/world/russia...

How Russia Uses Sexual Violence to Wage War

Ukrainian former POWs and civilians have recounted sexualized torture they suffered in Russian camps, as evidence grows that the practice has become a core tactic.

wsj.com

Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war

Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war

Despite successful Ukrainian drone strikes, it’s unlikely either Vladimir Putin’s regime or the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.

theconversation.com

Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service has added Telegram founder Pavel Durov to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” meduza.io/en/news/2026...

Russia adds Telegram founder Pavel Durov to list of ‘terrorists and extremists’ — Meduza

Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service, known as Rosfinmonitoring, has added Telegram founder Pavel Durov to its list of terrorists and extremists, according to an updated version of the…

meduza.io

Witkoff and Kushner to arrive in Kyiv on Independence Day – media #Ukraine

Witkoff and Kushner to arrive in Kyiv on Independence Day – media

US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will likely visit Kyiv on Independence Day, Radio Liberty reports.

en.interfax.com.ua

My latest in the Conversation discussing Ukraine's drone strikes into Russia and how we should temper immediate expectations about their impact on Putin or Russia's aggression against Ukraine. theconversation.com/ukraines-dro...

Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war

Despite successful Ukrainian drone strikes, it’s unlikely either Vladimir Putin’s regime or the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.

theconversation.com

⚡️Update: 8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack.

8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack

Russia launched dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as hundreds of drones, towards Ukraine in the early hours of July 30 in yet another large-scale attack. Damage was reported in various ...

kyivindependent.com

My latest in the Conversation discussing Ukraine's drone strikes into Russia and how we should temper immediate expectations about their impact on Putin or Russia's aggression against Ukraine. theconversation.com/ukraines-dro...

Ukraine’s drone strikes are having an impact on Russia — but Russian leaders remain committed to war

Despite successful Ukrainian drone strikes, it’s unlikely either Vladimir Putin’s regime or the Russia-Ukraine war will end any time soon.

theconversation.com

Sadly, I expected this to be the case and I discuss how Russian forces use sexual violence as part of their genocidal efforts in my book Replaying the Second World War. Just all the more reason justice needs to be part of any resolution to Russia's War in Ukraine: www.wsj.com/world/russia...

How Russia Uses Sexual Violence to Wage War

Ukrainian former POWs and civilians have recounted sexualized torture they suffered in Russian camps, as evidence grows that the practice has become a core tactic.

wsj.com

And again, Peskov restates what we all know - peace is only on the table if Ukraine capitulates to Russian demands.

Don't mind Putin making some thinly veiled references to the Treaty of Pereiaslav and the Nazi-Soviet Pact in statements to the Russian navy (while presumably reflecting recent tensions between Ukraine and its allies): tass.com/politics/216...

Ukraine to lose its Western territories sooner or later — Putin

It may not happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, It may take one year, two years, 10 years or 15 years, Russian President said

tass.com

Putin is using civilian deaths from Ukrainian drone strikes to again claim Ukraine's "neo-Nazi" nature. May tie it to previous claims of Ukraine committing genocide in Donbas as Putin doubles-down on trying to sell the war to a nation that may be suffering some war fatigue. tass.com/politics/216...

Kiev's aggression against civilians stems from neo-Nazism, Putin says

The Kiev government's aggression against civilians comes as no surprise, Russian President said

tass.com

Putin is using civilian deaths from Ukrainian drone strikes to again claim Ukraine's "neo-Nazi" nature. May tie it to previous claims of Ukraine committing genocide in Donbas as Putin doubles-down on trying to sell the war to a nation that may be suffering some war fatigue. tass.com/politics/216...

Kiev's aggression against civilians stems from neo-Nazism, Putin says

The Kiev government's aggression against civilians comes as no surprise, Russian President said

tass.com

And again, Peskov restates what we all know - peace is only on the table if Ukraine capitulates to Russian demands.

Don't mind Putin making some thinly veiled references to the Treaty of Pereiaslav and the Nazi-Soviet Pact in statements to the Russian navy (while presumably reflecting recent tensions between Ukraine and its allies): tass.com/politics/216...

Ukraine to lose its Western territories sooner or later — Putin

It may not happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, It may take one year, two years, 10 years or 15 years, Russian President said

tass.com

I knew the bad habits I developed in grad school were the secret to long life: abcnews.com/US/5-cups-co...

Up to 5 cups of coffee per day may potentially lower heart disease risk, doctors say

Drinking up to five cups of coffee a day is safe for most adults, and regular coffee consumption may be linked to a lower risk of stroke, diabetes and heart failure.

abcnews.com

⚡️Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate.' "These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 18.

Botswana warns Russia trafficking its citizens into Ukraine war at 'alarming rate'

"These individuals are often promised employment opportunities, only to discover upon arrival that they are being forced into active combat," Botswana's International Relations Ministry said on July 1...

kyivindependent.com

Russian strikes on Odesa don’t stop.Russia is trying to make as many Ukrainian cities uninhabitable as it can In Odesa,2 people killed,8 more injured by the Russian strike.A mom who was in the park with her2 kids was killed.The children are injured.... A lot of civilian infrastructure was damaged.

Hardly a stunning reveal. Russian officials have not suggested peace is a legitimate option: www.reuters.com/world/peace-...

Peace in Ukraine unlikely to be reached soon, Polish PM says

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday ​it seemed very unlikely that peace in ‌Ukraine would be reached soon and he expected Russia to extend the conflict at least until the ​winter.

reuters.com

I expect to read about very many conspiracy theories in the coming days. So important...until there is confirmation, there is nothing gained in peddling those theories.

How I know new week is coming ? Because reports can’t sh%t up about a massive Russian attack expected soon. 1000 drones , more than 50 missiles , some reports say . Oh the times when Mondays were still dull.

While there is notable disagreement amongst experts about whether Ukraine is winning, do not discount how the perception of victory has political value and this in turn offers important morale boosting benefits for Ukraine. (2/2)

The momentum from the drone strikes I speak of in this interview (where I also highlight the potential positive response of Trump to Ukrainian drone strikes) has potentially paid dividends if Ukraine does indeed get that license you produce Patriot missiles. (1/2)

Oleksa Drachewych@odrachewych.bsky.social · last mo.

You can hear my analysis here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The momentum from the drone strikes I speak of in this interview (where I also highlight the potential positive response of Trump to Ukrainian drone strikes) has potentially paid dividends if Ukraine does indeed get that license you produce Patriot missiles. (1/2)

Oleksa Drachewych@odrachewych.bsky.social · last mo.

You can hear my analysis here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

The denazification rhetoric continues to be used to not only dehumanize Ukrainians, but this rhetoric leads to atrocities. For more, my recent book, Replaying the Second World War, highlights this as a central argument, while detailing the atrocities Russian forces have committed in Ukraine.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com · last mo.

⚡ A Russian lawmaker declared that killing half of the Ukrainian population is acceptable to eliminate what he claimed is nazism. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

Rescuers just evacuated a child out of the apartment building Russian drone just bombed in Kyiv . Fire broke out. Already 13 wounded in Kyiv, 9 of them hospitalised. 2 of them critical. 3 people were killed . Rescue mission continues Wednesday