Ukraine has been occupied by many countries for years, decades, and even (Russia) nearly two centuries, in some places. Accustomed to being represented in other nations’ epics and stories, the time has come for Ukraine to create a story of its own, to fit its national history.
Category Archives: Ukraine
Hybrid War Comes to America
The actions on Capitol Hill January 6th suggest that Hybrid War (as defined by the author) could be coming to America or is already here.
The Battles of Zelenopillya: Part 1 of 2
A battle in the Russo-Ukrainian war has been profoundly influential within American and western military circles. There is evidence, however, that it did not happen the way it’s been reported and repeated in doctrine.
It’s time to get scared
Ukraine waited to confront reactionary paramilitaries funded and supported by Russia until it was too late. In the US, it’s not too late to act decisively to prevent that outcome
Russia and the “Nazi Collaborator Narrative”
There is an insidious story about WWII that concerns the Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian identities. The story has a few moving pieces, but basically goes like this: (1) the USSR did so badly in when Hitler invaded the USSR because traitors in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus collaborated with the invading Nazis. (2) Those same anti-Soviet,Continue reading “Russia and the “Nazi Collaborator Narrative””
Ukraine on the eve of the Zelensky election
Mystery and romance are at the heart of Ukraine’s society. While Ukrainians themselves dislike the name “borderlands,” as it sets them down as a referential, defined only in terms of something else (their neighbors), they also own their status to being in-between place, a space where fortunate meetings and collisions occur without scripting.
The journey to Ukraine: an introduction
In August of 2016, I was filling my hands with mattress in an apartment overlooking a position 300 meters to the southwest across an open field. Russian-backed separatists were knocking at it with large caliber mortars. The position, an abandoned industrial building connected I think with grain collection, was, I learned later, the Headquarters ofContinue reading “The journey to Ukraine: an introduction”
The Local Blind Spot 