Ukraine Update July 12

Helium Highs, Trials In Absentia, Old Movies, Credit Scores

Dylan Combellick
7 min readJul 12, 2024

On The Front

Ukraine captured a T-90, complete with EW anti-drone gear and a cope cage. This invincible tank, called the “breakthrough,” is Russia’s most unstoppable and amazing achievement. It was top of the line forty years ago, thirty years before it entered production. This is not the first, but it is perhaps the most complete T-90, with very little damage, that has been captured.

The rumors of F-16s entering the fray might actually be real this time, as confirmed by Ukrainian Minister Kuleba. The arrival is imminent. Yes, I know, we’ve heard that before, but, like, for real this time, right?

Jake Sullivan, Head Surrender-Monkey for the Biden Administration, had a brief moment where he found his spine, saying that the US and Ukraine are working on a response to the attack on the Children’s Cancer Hospital Okhmatdet “and we will answer with force.” I believe the appropriate response to such an attack is the destruction of the Russian Air Force in its entirety, but I’m guessing old ‘Sully has something like a strongly worded letter forcefully delivered in mind.

Trials in Absentia

Moscow is on a roll with their “trials in absentia.” Navalnaya, the spouse of…

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Dylan Combellick

Retired analyst, Russian linguist, and New START inspector, father of 3, living in Uzhgorod, Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/@DylanC78