The war was initiated by Putin, who aims to destroy Ukraine's independence and sovereignty.

“This is a full-scale war that began... that Putin began.”

The abandonment of Ukraine by the United States after they surrendered their nuclear weapons in the 1990s is a failure that damages future peace efforts.

“It's such a shame that, you know, Ukraine made this ultimate sacrifice of giving up their their arms, their their nuclear bombs in exchange for a guarantee of safety. And if you're not going to do that, then who the [ __ ] every nobody else is going to give up their nukes? Like we have no hope for p”

The war is a conflict of conquest and erasure of national identity that must be thoroughly documented to establish a historical record.

“I think this type of stuff needs to be very thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly documented because journalism is the first draft of history and if you [ __ ] it up then there's no undoing that and people should know what's going on there”

Halting military aid to Ukraine has severely undermined their ability to defend against Russian aggression.

“third he's got off the arm shipments to Ukraine oh this is recent cuz he just did that a couple days ago I think or yesterday completely undermining their ability against a massive Neighbor Next Door with short supply lines and and huge resources”

He believes it is important to criticize figures in the heterodox sphere who take incorrect or extreme positions regarding the war in Ukraine.

“the war in Ukraine and the way some of the supposedly heterodox people are covering that is something I've been calling out from the moment that it started. Because that is an an issue I understand pretty well being half Russian, half Ukrainian, having grown up in both countries, etc.”