Mike “Starbaby” Pietrucha joins Mike and Jake to talk about Ukraine on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion. Hear about how it all happened, where the war stands today, what matters now, and what the future looks like for peace. ---- Links * Sign up for our amazing newsletter https://www.themerge.co * Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/the_merge * NAFO https://nafo-ofan.org/ * Saint Javelin https://www.saintjavelin.com/ * Sign My Rocket https://signmyrocket.com/ * Amateur Hour Part II: https://warontherocks.com/2022/08/amateur-hour-part-ii-failing-the-air-campaign/ ---- Follow us on... * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merge_newsletter * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/themergenews * Twitter https://twitter.com/MergeNewsletter * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerge * Website https://www.themerge.co ---- Show Notes (00:50) intro (2:28) Starbaby becomes an expert (3:51) the real invasion start (9:03) why did Putin invade? (12:14) Nazis? (15:20) torture (17:07) weather stalemate (18:42) climate change? (20:26) NAFO and the internet campaigns (22:26) sponsor suicide boats (23:05) foreign aid (25:17) a lab to observe (29:25) ground-launched SDB (31:12) ATACMS (31:44) Kerch Bridge (33:22) logistics (34:15) Russia’s inability to fight a war (36:26) China is watching (37:23) what does peace look like? (41:23) Ukrainian’s take on peace (44:25) outro