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.
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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