Boots On The Ground in Ukraine with Dimitri Makarov

Today, The Two Mikes had the rare and welcome opportunity to
again host Dimitri Makarov, a member of Russian Foreign
Minister Lavrov's personal staff at the Russian Foreign Ministry,
Mr. Makarov joined us from western Russia.

Mr. Makarov was sent there to get a feel for the status of the war
there. He was startled to find that, since his last visit, there is
an increasing number of native-English-speaking POWS. For the most
part, they seem to be in good shape and appreciate the food and
blankets provided to them by Russian logisticians.

He said that one of his tasks on returning to Moscow will be to
report to Minister Lavrov and tell him of this phenomenon. Mr.
Makarov said that he dreads reporting this information because it
will shock the Minister because President Biden has pledged to him
that no American military personnel are on the ground in Ukraine. I
wonder, Mr. Makarov said, whether it could actually be that
President Biden is really a low-down, lying, two-bit bastard?

Another part of his mission in Ukraine was to discover if the most
famous Ukrainian Nazi -- Stefan Bandera -- was as popular as ever
among the country's population. Makarov said that he and most
Russians believe that Bandera was a terrible, bloodthirsty, and
atrocity-committing man; indeed, he was too Nazi even for the
Nazis.

Mr. Makarov said that after his investigation he breathed a sigh of
relief as he saw intelligence that reported Bandera is still as
popular as ever among the locals. There are a hundred or more
statues of Bandera in the country, streets and avenues are named
after him, and seventy-percent of Ukrainians still love Bandera and
think of him as a hero.

Mr. Makarov was pleased that nothing had changed regarding Bandera
because it will take the sting out of telling Minister Lavrov that
President Biden is a first-class rotter. We look forward to
speaking to Mr. Makarov after he concludes his next mission for
Minister Lavrov.

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