A dune-buggy ambulance for Ukraine

This squat, camouflaged ambulance was delivered the other day to the 28th Separate Brigade in southeastern Ukraine, along with a Nissan Pathfinder pickup truck, gasoline-powered generators, and other supplies from one of my favorite charities, the Ukrainian Freedom Fund in Afton, Wyoming.

The Ukrainian army is massively outnumbered by the Russians, and that shit in the Kremlim doesn't care how many bodies he wastes to overrun the defenders. (The Ukrainians call the Russian soldiers "single-use" items, like the Shaheed suicide drones Putin got from Iran.) A wounded Ukrainian might wait days or even weeks before he can be safely evacuated, and the dune buggy can go where no other vehicle can.... Yes, its front wheels are larger than those in the rear, the better to climb over obstacles.

The Ukrainian president was kind enough to allow a cease for Putin's pathetic Victory Day celebration, which for the first time in 81 years was held without the marching troops, clanking tanks, and trucks loaded with nuclear missiles; spectators who dared present themselves in Red Square were treated to television images instead.

Living up to his despicable record, Putin repaid Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones yesterday, killing "at least" 14 civilians and wounding more than 80 in an assault that began at 11 a.m. and continued into last night, killing another civilian and wounding 36 more when a residential building collapsed in Kyiv.

For its part, Ukraine inflicted 1,130 Russian casualties yesterday, bringing Putin's losses since 2022 to 1,344,180 men killed, wounded, captured, or deserted. The casualties include nearly a third of the 15,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia to help defend the Kursk region from Ukraine's counter-offensive in August 2024. More recently, Russia has been recruiting Africans with promises of well-paying jobs, which turn out to be combat after four days of military training.