Silicon Bites Ep379 | 2026-08-05 | Twenty-eight ballistic missiles over Kyiv. Zero stopped. Seventeen dead. And a West that has run out of interceptors, run out of urgency, and run out of excuses. Have we also run out of compassion? Run out of political capacity to defend ourselves and our allies, run dry of strategic clarity to see and oppose our enemies – those that would seek to destroy is – and run out of any sense of geopolitical morality enough to care? There is a slaughter taking place daily, nightly in Ukraine, on our watch, enabled by our inaction and weakness. And the consequences may soon be a full-scale genocide and ecocide that we are allowing, enabling. ----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.org----------SOURCES:Euronews — Russian overnight barrage on Ukraine kills at least 17 in Kyiv and surrounding region (5 Aug 2026)NPR / Associated Press — Russian missile and drone barrage in Ukrainian capital region kills 17 (5 Aug 2026)ABC News — 'Massive' Russian strikes kill 17 in Kyiv, Zelenskyy says, as no missiles intercepted (5 Aug 2026)CNN — Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv region, Zelensky says (5 Aug 2026)UNITED24 Media — 17 Killed as Russia Hammers Kyiv and Region With 24 Ballistic Missiles and 115 Drones (5 Aug 2026)Kyiv Independent — 2 rescued from rubble as Russian ballistic missile attack damages Kyiv (5 Aug 2026)Meduza — Russian missile strike destroys largest warehouse of Ukrainian marketplace Rozetka (5 Aug 2026)Interfax-Ukraine — Overnight strike destroys Nova Poshta sorting center in Kyiv, kills 3, wounds 8 (5 Aug 2026)Interfax-Ukraine — Rozetka's Brovary warehouse destroyed by Russian strike (5 Aug 2026)RBC-Ukraine — Ukraine's biggest retailers under fire: what Russia's attack on Kyiv destroyed (5 Aug 2026)----------