Law, Power, and Justice

TURSDAY 2 JULY 2026

Ukraine

· Kiev hit with massive Russian strike yesterday. The Russians are desperate and afraid. Not even the banks and the ATms work in Crimea and people are flooding out. The Russian government is removing government officials from Crimea. There are lines on the Ketch bridge.

· Poland scrambled jets as neighboring countries monitored the Russian attack.

· “A String of political victories and deep strikes successes by Ukraine has revived hopes that the war could be shifting in Kiev’s favor, though analysts warned that efforts to raise the conflicts costs for Russia risk triggering further escalation.” (CNBC)

· “The incident underscored Ukraine’s growing military confidence… As well as highlighting Cubes understanding that it must continue to hit Russia where it hurts most by cutting Russia’s energy revenues. (CNBC)

· (Foreign Policy, The Strategy Behind the Battle for Crimea, 7/2/26). “Ukrainian strikes have choked maritime upply routes and disrupted rail services, leaving the only practical route to Crimea the Ketch Bridge….It is being hit too.”

· For days now, blackouts have paralyzed Sevastopol, Crimea’s largest city. On June 21st, the governor of Russian occupied Crimea suspended gasoline sales to civilians and announced that only state and government agencies would receive fuel…. This restricts the use of military equipment and negatively impacts logistics. It complicates troop rotations, the evacuation of wounded and supply of weapons.”

· “The aim of this systematic, multi pronged campaign is to strangle every supply route feeding Russia’s forces across the occupied southern Ukraine. Crimea serves as a critical logistics hub and rear area base for the entire southern front.”

Life

· Every morning when I get up I feel like a truck hit me. I must admit I have felt that way most of my life, but it is especially dreadful now that I am 75 and have been diagnosed with a connective tissue disease, Ehlers Danlos. Today, I have run out of pain medication and I’m trying to distract myself until my partner can drive over to the island to get my prescription. Working on the computer is the worst for my neck, well, the worst in comparison to driving a car. That’s the worst.

· All the cats are outside for their morning walk, or exploration of the yard. Mike stays out there most of the time and periodically counts heads. Sam, the youngest, is always the most trouble. We have no idea where he goes and he sometimes takes hours to get back inside. He is so excited in the morning, he refuses to even eat breakfast before charging out the door.

· We have to figure out a way to give Alva Edison, our cat who is “on the spectrum” his chin acne medicine. He will let us pet all over him, but when we start for the medicine, he disappears. They are way too smart for us.

· Fight for Ukraine, Fight for Democracy, Fight for your health, your sanity, and the rights of us all.