Episode Notes:

Mike sits down with Dara Massicot to discuss findings from their recent visit to Ukraine. They consider exhaustion and diminishing returns on both sides, the continually increasing role of drones and glide bombs, the gas station war, the reality of Russian mobilization, Russia’s airstrike strategy, interceptor stockpiles, and more. They wrap up with their views of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister and the recent move to put Mykhailo Drapatyi in charge of the military — and what it means for cultural turnover in Ukraine’s armed forces and the creation of a distinctly Ukrainian military culture.

Image: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons