I just want to share a couple links I came across recently. Both are, I think, interesting but for very different reasons.

First up is an article from the BBC, who has been really good at documenting the war since the beginning. Although I usually post images of Mariupol, this is a collection of photographs taken from other areas in Ukraine that have suffered as well. The first photo in the article really sets the stage:

It’s a short article without a lot of text; definitely worth your time. Ukraine war: Images show devastated towns near front line

The second article is on MSN and comes from a very unlikely place: the G20 economic summit currently being held in India. As fascinating as global economics are, the title of the article almost tells you all that you need to know: Crowd erupts in laughter at Russia’s top diplomat after he claimed the Ukraine war ‘was launched against us’

Russia has had their own version of “Baghdad Bob” for a long time (remember him?) Lavrov — the “top diplomat” from the title above — not only drinks the Kool-Aid, he’s the main stockholder, chairman of the board, operations foreman and lead truck driver of the Kool-Aid manufacturing plant in Russia. How do you know he’s lying? His lips are moving.