Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

The Dystopian Future of War

Russia's Human Safari, and its imitators

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Anne Applebaum
Aug 10, 2026
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From The Atlantic:

Yuri is a 52-year-old Ukrainian who runs a market stall in Kherson, not far from the front line. Yesterday, he was sorting through vegetables when he heard the loud, distinctive buzz of a Russian drone. As he later told the journalist Zarina Zabrisky, he had nothing more than a couple of garlic bulbs in his hands, and no weapons. “Not…

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