From the Abraham Lincoln Radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

Jakar Armstrong and Joe Gatti.

The Armstrong and Gatti show.

Vladimir Putin invoking the memory of victory of a Nazi Germany in Stalingrad 80 years ago

to justify his punishing war against Ukraine today.

This time it was Kramatorsk and the line of fire.

Messiah's tours for a residential area rescuers once again combing the rubble for survivors.

As they worked, two more Messiahs came thundering down nearby.

For those living through this war, the horror has not let up for nearly a year.

Reporting out of the New York Times and a lot of other places that the Kremlin seems to be preparing to launch a new offensive against Ukraine with up to 500,000 conscripts,

a half a million.

And Russia's top diplomat yesterday issued a chilling warning that Moscow will do everything to gain the world's attention on the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine.

Whatever that means.

I guess it's just the rolling in with a half million people.

Meanwhile, the tensions with China increase if anything.

So much to talk about with the military analyst Mike Lyons, a mic you served with various military organizations, both the US and Europe throughout his career.

Respect to commentator Mike, how are you sir?

Hey guys, great to be back with you.

Now we have so much to talk about. Should we be shooting down that Chinese spy balloon over Montana?

Yeah, I would have shot it down the second crossed over into our boundary.

And then that's another word about it.

I mean, you wake up today, it's kind of a news report from 1917, you know, trench warfare in Eastern Europe and dirgibles over our friendly territory.

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