the wars aren't going well for the collective 'west'; 

Russia lambasted Ukraine with a massive missile strike starting Sunday night (Eastern Standard Time) and the onslaught is continuing as I write this on Monday evening. The Russians reportedly hit the hangar where a couple of the F-16s are stored, electrical power grid stations and, tonight, the Aurora Hotel in Krivoy Rog, where Ukrainian troops were berthed. This comes on the heels of an extraordinary meeting Saturday night between Vladimir Putin and key Russian Generals. Based on previous events like this, Russia is gearing up for a major expansion in operations.

In tandem with the missile strikes across Ukraine, Russia continues to roll west thru the Donbass, capturing one village and town after another. Ukrainian military officials have issued the Monty Python order — i.e., Run away!

Ukraine expands forced evacuation zone to 30 settlements in Kiev-controlled areas of DPR

The head of the regional military administration, Vadim Filashkin, appointed by the Ukrainian authorities, stated on his Telegram channel:

Expanding the forced evacuation zone. Due to the worsening security situation, today, at a meeting of the regional commission, it was decided to begin the forced evacuation of children with their parents, persons replacing them, or other legal representatives.

Selidovo is one of those settlements. According to Ukrainian residents, “the Ukrainian Armed Forces simply do not have enough soldiers in Selidovo to dig trenches.”

Then there is the Elon Musk/Starlink kerfuffle.

Top Ukrainian military officials claim that Elon Musk prevented a nuclear disaster at the Kursk nuclear power plant by disabling Internet access for Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainians are blaming Elon Musk for their setback in the Kursk region..........more........