Ukraine Update July 2

Troll Magnet, Pushing Back, Releasing Too Early, Zelensky’s Latest Corruption

Dylan Combellick
8 min readJul 2, 2024

I’ve obviously tickled some nerves in St. Petersburg, as I now have two regular trolls commenting on my articles. Both pretend to be non-Russian, although one slipped up and accidentally admitted he was in St. Pete. I want to take the time to thank them for their comments, which will push my articles higher in the Medium algorithm.

Pushing Back

Ukraine pushed the Russians back near the village of Terny, gaining around a kilometer of ground. Normally I ignore such minor changes in the line of battle in favor of the strategic view, but this one is remarkable for the cost.

Inside the blue area below are over 200 Russian armored vehicles — what’s left of them, anyway. That’s armored vehicles — not counting loafs, golf carts, dirt bikes, or cars. (the plural of a loaf of bread is loaves, but the plural of a vehicle loaf is loafs. I just made up that rule, so suck it, spell check. Desperate times…)

The use of dirt bikes and “golf carts” (really four-wheeled hunting off-roaders, they only look like golf carts…

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Dylan Combellick

Retired analyst, Russian linguist, and New START inspector, father of 3, Ukraine is home while working in Krakow. https://www.youtube.com/@DylanC78