Kevin 🇮🇪

Writing on Ukraine's defense, international politics, and the intersection of the two. Civility costs nothing.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

“Without Fedorov in charge of the ministry of defense, Ukraine’s revolution in warfare will lose its standard-bearer and a lot of its momentum—just when those innovations appeared to be paying off.”
https://t.co/SB5fif0akw

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@peterpalmer901 @KRychtycka @ChristopherJM He couldn't have carried on doing the job alongside Syrskyi, at least not effectively. Their positions were irreconcilable.

Some examples of their differences:
https://t.co/io1v8bt4HM

[Jack Watling @Jack_Watling]

Reluctantly, I offer some context for @RUSI_org on the recent removal of Minister Fedorov and the challenge of reform for the Ukrainian military: https://t.co/AtjhV4csDP

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@DrNeilStone Mykhailo Fedorov was a marketing executive before he entered politics. He turned out to be a remarkably effective defense minister for Ukraine.

I have no idea how Streeting will fare in the role, but I wouldn't write him off on the basis of military experience (or lack thereof).

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@BohuslavskaKate "Wartime leadership should be about assembling the best team of talents, not rooting them out."
https://t.co/0o1me2UEHN

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@Markieburgh @au10013 @AdamKinzinger While Europe can still do more, it's trending the right way.

US aid dropped by 99% in 2025, but European support rose sharply. Total aid was close to previous years, despite the loss of a key partner.

Trump admin has been bad news for Ukraine, but thankfully not a mortal blow.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@marks298933 @JimmySecUK Some are filmed by ordinary folks on their camera phones and shared online. At that point, national borders become irrelevant.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@quilssachent @JimmySecUK Discerning plus-size projectile with curves for days and a 1,150kg kaboose seeks fiery one-time encounter. Munitions factories or oil refineries preferred.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@johnpunch208 @StephenKing Revolutionary Communists of America is a political party in your country, although a relatively tiny one. Has about a thousand members nationwide.

Note that it's not called the Democratic Party.

Separate parties. Different things.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@Jaysonsson1 @WUTangKids Zohran weighs in on "changing the constitution so he can run for president".

Changing the constitution. So he can run.

Such wording is suggestive of possibilities, rather than Zohran's flat rejection of the idea. But you seem to have made up your mind, so I'll leave it at that.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@Jaysonsson1 @WUTangKids A headline can be misleading even if it technically contains no falsehood. This is a good example.

The wording implies that Mamdani is suggesting/supporting an amendment to the constitution.

This isn't stated directly, so the headline doesn't outright lie. Instead, it misleads.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@TriggerdByIdiot @meilach @Acyn Even in better times, much of the oil money was funneled into systemic corruption. Socialism doesn't require that either.

Venezuela is ranked 180th out of 182 for corruption. Somalia, a capitalist free-market, is 181st. Neither socialism nor capitalism explains their problems.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@meilach @Acyn Zohran Mamdani is a democratic socialist.

Venezuela is an authoritarian dictatorship, i.e. the polar opposite of a democracy.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@ketosprinter @DrNeilStone Non-vaccination doesn't guarantee infection. It just means a much worse outcome if it happens.

It's easier to pick up tetanus in hot & humid places where it thrives best (e.g. SE Asia), and even there, you could be lucky for your entire life. It would just suck to be unlucky.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@sparkski1210 @DrNeilStone @TiffMoodNukes There's no known way to cure either type (HPS & HFRS) of hantavirus infection.

Supportive care (e.g. oxygen for HPS, or dialysis for HFRS) is the main intervention for both types.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@JamesSmithrecov @beatmastermatt Those leaders were all communists, hence the severe prohibitions on personal wealth. Socialism doesn't imply communism.

They also led authoritarian/totalitarian regimes, hence the mass imprisonment & death. These can arise from extreme ideologies on either side of the spectrum.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@ScottApogee @DrNeilStone Yes, there are many examples, with real-world clinical evidence to support each use of the drug. As of today, there's no such evidence for ivermectin as a cancer treatment.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@grok @EsquireDyer @RepDonBacon Thanks Grok.

Good luck to those who seek 'better friends', and are quick to forget.

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@EsquireDyer @RepDonBacon @grok, regarding all coalition personnel who died during the US-led invasions of Afghanistan & Iraq: how many European nationalities were represented among these dead?

[Kevin 🇮🇪 @Exsertis]

@borisyeltzin @amandarivkin @DKambUSA The US regards Greenland as crucial to its defense, hence its existing base there.

If a 3rd country were to invade Greenland, this would be seen as a threat to the US, and would likely provoke a strong US response.

Regardless of who owns Greenland, or who is in the White House.