Jill Sargent Russell, PhD
@jsargentr.bsky.social
Military Historian
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-Geopol Risk
-Urban Warfare
-LOGPOWER
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At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
-NatSec & Strategy
-Logistics
-Geopol Risk
-Urban Warfare
-LOGPOWER
-Rapid Analysis
Ukraine Adventure: https://www.patreon.com/TheAdventurousHistorian?utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator
At the Junction: https://jsargentr.substack.com/
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The post for my first day of work in the kitchens in Zaporizhzhia is up and it is free to read.
"Картопля!"
Come for the potato gatling gun, stay for the agony and the aglio.
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"Картопля!"
Come for the potato gatling gun, stay for the agony and the aglio.
www.patreon.com/posts/first-...
First Day of Work: Картопля! | The Adventurous Historian
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"Our slaves will be above Fifteen thousand Souls, mostly within Twenty Miles of the Sea Coast, and makes above 35 m Teirces of Rice Annualy besides many other Articles of Provision"
- Colonel Lachlan McIntosh to George Washington, Savannah, 16 February 1776
founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
- Colonel Lachlan McIntosh to George Washington, Savannah, 16 February 1776
founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
February 16, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Our slaves will be above Fifteen thousand Souls, mostly within Twenty Miles of the Sea Coast, and makes above 35 m Teirces of Rice Annualy besides many other Articles of Provision"
- Colonel Lachlan McIntosh to George Washington, Savannah, 16 February 1776
founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
- Colonel Lachlan McIntosh to George Washington, Savannah, 16 February 1776
founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
"No brakes on the skeleton sled..." Or this guy!!! 🤣
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"No brakes on the skeleton sled..." Or this guy!!! 🤣
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
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DW visited the manufacturing workshop of Ukrainian company Fire Point,where the production of FP-1 long-range drones begins
Iryna Terekh,the company's CTO,shared that the company produces "significantly more than a hundred" FP-1 drones per day.One such drone can fly up to 1,400km
📹:DW
Iryna Terekh,the company's CTO,shared that the company produces "significantly more than a hundred" FP-1 drones per day.One such drone can fly up to 1,400km
📹:DW
February 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
DW visited the manufacturing workshop of Ukrainian company Fire Point,where the production of FP-1 long-range drones begins
Iryna Terekh,the company's CTO,shared that the company produces "significantly more than a hundred" FP-1 drones per day.One such drone can fly up to 1,400km
📹:DW
Iryna Terekh,the company's CTO,shared that the company produces "significantly more than a hundred" FP-1 drones per day.One such drone can fly up to 1,400km
📹:DW
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Russian UAV operator Myroslav Simonov from the elite "Rubicon" unit has defected to Ukraine’s side. He says that after being deployed near Kupiansk and seeing how casually orders were given to execute prisoners, he went AWOL and crossed over to the Ukrainian side.
youtu.be/Xq4f8MHrl_o?...
youtu.be/Xq4f8MHrl_o?...
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Russian UAV operator Myroslav Simonov from the elite "Rubicon" unit has defected to Ukraine’s side. He says that after being deployed near Kupiansk and seeing how casually orders were given to execute prisoners, he went AWOL and crossed over to the Ukrainian side.
youtu.be/Xq4f8MHrl_o?...
youtu.be/Xq4f8MHrl_o?...
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Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Page 15 of the GOP’s Save America Act wld force all 50 states to submit their voter rolls to the DHS’s centralized voter purge program (called “SAVE”), which they know has had error rates as high as 14% & links to an SSA database that they know was compromised by DOGE. #NoOnSave 1/
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⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine achieved its biggest battlefield gains in 2.5 years last week, — AFP
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine achieved its biggest battlefield gains in 2.5 years last week, — AFP
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
From Wednesday to Sunday last week, the Ukrainian military managed to recapture 201 km² of territory - this area is practically equivalent to the territory that Russia captured in all of December.
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✈️🇺🇦 A separate international squadron of F-16 fighter jets has been created within the Air Force, which includes Ukrainian and foreign pilots. These are veterans from the US and the Netherlands, who have significant combat experience, — Intelligence Online.
February 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
✈️🇺🇦 A separate international squadron of F-16 fighter jets has been created within the Air Force, which includes Ukrainian and foreign pilots. These are veterans from the US and the Netherlands, who have significant combat experience, — Intelligence Online.
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This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
February 16, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is a nice move in an interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
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A very pessimistic outlook for Russia's economy. The only way to avert disaster is to end the war, but Putin believes that Ukraine is losing faster than Russia, so he maintains the course toward the abyss.
Gifted "What Mr Putin sees is this: Europe struggling with its own structural crisis, politically fragmented and unable to agree on strategic issues—including Russia; Ukraine exhausted and dependent on Western support that wavers with each election cycle" www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Russia’s economy has entered the death zone
Alexandra Prokopenko wonders how much longer it can go on metabolising its own muscle tissue
www.economist.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A very pessimistic outlook for Russia's economy. The only way to avert disaster is to end the war, but Putin believes that Ukraine is losing faster than Russia, so he maintains the course toward the abyss.
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#BlackExcellence in aviation continues to soar from the heart of the #FightingFifth, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, to every horizon.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, I reintroduced a resolution honoring International Black Aviation Professionals Day.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, I reintroduced a resolution honoring International Black Aviation Professionals Day.
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
#BlackExcellence in aviation continues to soar from the heart of the #FightingFifth, Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, to every horizon.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, I reintroduced a resolution honoring International Black Aviation Professionals Day.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, I reintroduced a resolution honoring International Black Aviation Professionals Day.
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They either did or didn’t think this through…
February 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
They either did or didn’t think this through…
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Take that, Joe Gualtieri!
US hockey tweet but can be applied to most things in life
In other news, the women are quietly cooler and better than the men
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Take that, Joe Gualtieri!
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Kyiv.
We’ve been warned about a possible attack tonight.
Energy and heating infrastructure will likely be targeted again.
Frost is expected all week.
Negotiations are scheduled for tomorrow.
Nothing new.
Evil in full bloom.
We’ve been warned about a possible attack tonight.
Energy and heating infrastructure will likely be targeted again.
Frost is expected all week.
Negotiations are scheduled for tomorrow.
Nothing new.
Evil in full bloom.
February 16, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Kyiv.
We’ve been warned about a possible attack tonight.
Energy and heating infrastructure will likely be targeted again.
Frost is expected all week.
Negotiations are scheduled for tomorrow.
Nothing new.
Evil in full bloom.
We’ve been warned about a possible attack tonight.
Energy and heating infrastructure will likely be targeted again.
Frost is expected all week.
Negotiations are scheduled for tomorrow.
Nothing new.
Evil in full bloom.
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Infantry Dort's mind cannot comprehend this level of soldiering.
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
"What cat were you provided with in the Armed Forces of Ukraine?"
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
Ukrainian Defenders share photos with their cats on the front line
📷: hermano.dh_ /fanatic_oleg / sylenko_ju / dr_karpiuk /nemetz_82 /leonia_veremeyenko / markus_panda / shwainokaras /viktortrofymenko / stalnytskanata /edelweiss_ua/
February 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Infantry Dort's mind cannot comprehend this level of soldiering.
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
To hell with Sparta, give me kittens, music, dancing, good food, a loving people...
bsky.app/profile/anto...
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‼️ Russia: “Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Head Alexander Kurenkov announced a staff shortage within the agency's departments due to low wages.”
Money for the war, but not for this
www.interfax.ru/russia/1073035
Money for the war, but not for this
www.interfax.ru/russia/1073035
February 16, 2026 at 4:45 PM
‼️ Russia: “Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Head Alexander Kurenkov announced a staff shortage within the agency's departments due to low wages.”
Money for the war, but not for this
www.interfax.ru/russia/1073035
Money for the war, but not for this
www.interfax.ru/russia/1073035
Orban should be worried then.
From Budapest
Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Pro-Kremlin Viktor Orban:
"I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Pro-Kremlin Viktor Orban:
"I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success."
February 16, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Orban should be worried then.
They are so close.
Russian propagandist Solovyev continues harshly criticizing the state of Russian economy.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
February 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
They are so close.
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Russian propagandist Solovyev continues harshly criticizing the state of Russian economy.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Russian propagandist Solovyev continues harshly criticizing the state of Russian economy.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
He complains that there's no economic growth.
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Let’s not forget the guinea, that handy £1.05 unit
February 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Let’s not forget the guinea, that handy £1.05 unit
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IT's also worth noting this decentralized election administration is very much an American thing and is part of why Europeans struggle to understand that the president and federal government can't just "cancel elections"
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 PM
IT's also worth noting this decentralized election administration is very much an American thing and is part of why Europeans struggle to understand that the president and federal government can't just "cancel elections"
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I get they're in panic mode, but throwing their women under the bus that voted OVERWHELMINGLY for Trump is a plan made by men who don't realize how vital the women are to their base.
Hey MAGA. Do...do you really think you'll win elections...with just a WHITE MALE VOTE?
Hey MAGA. Do...do you really think you'll win elections...with just a WHITE MALE VOTE?
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I get they're in panic mode, but throwing their women under the bus that voted OVERWHELMINGLY for Trump is a plan made by men who don't realize how vital the women are to their base.
Hey MAGA. Do...do you really think you'll win elections...with just a WHITE MALE VOTE?
Hey MAGA. Do...do you really think you'll win elections...with just a WHITE MALE VOTE?
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Ukraine just built an air defense system that doesn't care what missile you feed it.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
February 16, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Ukraine just built an air defense system that doesn't care what missile you feed it.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
The new Shershen fires five different types — Soviet, Western, and Ukrainian-made — from a single launcher.
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::taps the sign::
February 16, 2026 at 3:39 PM
::taps the sign::