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

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