The Bleeding

A blunt anti-war message is circulating, arguing that the idea of dying for your country is a fairytale and that soldiers instead bleed out in the mud for nothing. The line is attributed to Ernest Hemingway, though the post carries an AI label and its true origin is uncertain. It reflects a wider mood of cynicism about patriotic war rhetoric as conflicts continue to claim lives.

Foreign Policy reports that Russia is waging an air campaign designed to exhaust Ukraine, using sustained drone and missile strikes to drain Ukrainian air defenses, resources and morale. The analysis argues Moscow is seeking a war of attrition from the air while ground fighting continues, testing how long Ukraine and its Western backers can keep supplying interceptors.