The Lookout (Twitter)

1/3
"The West has learned to live with and contain Putin for the past two "decades — and will likely continue to have to do so into the next."

No, the West has clearly failed to contain Putin, who wages a unprovoked war of conquest to reclaim "lost" land.
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@CharlesKupchan:
Time for Washington to develop a diplomatic game-plan that clarifies war aims and leads toward a ceasefire and negotiated end to the war in Ukraine. A prolonged and bloody conflict serves no one's interests.

https://t.co/z8jFSZekzg

The Lookout (Twitter)

2/3

Unless Putins ambitions are stopped in Ukraine, on the battlefield, "a ceasefire and follow-on process aimed at concluding a territorial settlement" will increase the risk of the bigger conflagration the author wants to avoid.

The Lookout (Twitter)

3/3

Sometimes fighting is the only right thing to do, for as long as it takes to win, whatever the cost may be.

Seen from a small country bordering Russia: Giving up our principles for a brief respite, for Putin will re-arm and try again, will lead us into a very dark future

 The Lookout (Twitter)

@PetterPse @KjellSjaholm Det er Amerikansk rakettartilleri, en avdeling fra 41st Field Artillery Brigade, integrert i Brigade Nord.

https://www.forsvaret.no/aktuelt-og-presse/aktuelt/ovelser-juni

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (Twitter)

#Ukraine: Russian Ka-52 attack helicopters hitting a Ukrainian Tank and BMP with ATGM, likely somewhere in the East.

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (Twitter)

#Ukraine: Foreign fighters from the "Dark Angel" unit hit a claimed Russian tank in #Mykolaiv Oblast with an FGM-148 Javelin ATGM- unknown if the vehicle was destroyed.
https://twitter.com/VolunteerReport/status/1536810845036060676/video/1

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

RT @VasyaMakeevskiy: #Макіївка 21:08 ще старти реактивного, десь за каналом

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

RT @VasyaMakeevskiy: #Макіївка 21:47 далекі бахи, бік Ясинуватої

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

#Макеевка, Гвардейка, кусок какой-то ЗУР

Status-6 (Twitter)

A recent video of street combat in the city of Sevrodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast. At one point, a tank round can be seen exploding around 25 meters from the cameraman.

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @RALee85: A Russian defense industry source tells TASS that Russia will not purchase an additional 6 Project 22160 patrol ships as planned because of their poor performance during the war, including issues with seaworthiness, armor, engines, and air defenses.
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14908939 https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1537004050859835392/photo/1