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