Russia

  • The Battle of the Budgets

    War is without doubt the greatest drain on any government’s budget, yet in stark contrast to the great conflicts of the past, both the war in the Ukraine and any potential European hostilities in the future would be approached in a very different manner. This article will look at the mechanisms behind this and examine… Continue reading

  • Selling a Scrapheap

    A previous article highlighted the fact that rather than certain East European nations being as benevolent as they would have us believe, much of the equipment they have sold to Kiev is little more than scrap metal. This article will look at both the buyer and the sellers, examining what is really happening here. Continue reading

  • Maligned in Western Media, Donbass Forces are Defending their Future from Ukrainian Shelling and Fascism

    Smeared, stigmatized, and lied about in Western media propaganda, the mostly Russian-speaking people of the Donbass region were being slaughtered by the thousands in a brutal war of “ethnic cleansing” launched against them by the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv, which the U.S. installed after the CIA overthrew Ukraine’s legally elected president in a 2014 coup. Continue reading

  •  Russian Missiles Strike Ukrainian Infrastructure, Ukrainian Missiles Strike Polish Farm

    (The New Atlas) – Update on Russian military operations in and around Ukraine for November 16, 2022. Continue reading

  • Endgame in Ukraine struggling to be born

    At the White House press conference on November 9, when asked about the evacuation of the Russian forces from the Kherson Region and Kherson city, the US President Joe Biden said, “First of all, I found it interesting they (Moscow) waited until after the (midterm) election to make that judgement, which we knew for some… Continue reading

  • What Will Become of the Ukraine?

    Affairs in Eastern Europe are as dynamic as ever, yet as time moves forward, people are looking to what the future may hold for the Ukraine. As much as Western powers wish this operation to be the downfall of Russia, the conflict is slowly turning into a liability for those who have invested so much… Continue reading

  • UN envoy admits fabricating claim of Viagra-fueled rape as ‘Russian military strategy’

    UN Special Representative Pramila Patten has been exposed for fabricating her claim that Russia was supplying its troops with Viagra as a part of its “military strategy” in the Ukraine conflict. The widely publicized lie was recycled from baseless NATO propaganda deployed during its 2011 Libyan regime change war. Continue reading

  • Putin on Point

    Way back when, one of the author’s first articles covered the career of Vladimir Putin in considerable depth. Two years later, both Russia and the rest of the world are a very different place and with current affairs being what they are, above all with the situation regarding Kherson, the Russian premier is in the spotlight as… Continue reading

  • Russia strategises with Iran for the long haul in Ukraine

    Ignoring the hype in the US media about White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Kissingerian diplomacy over Ukraine, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, former KGB counterintelligence officer and longstanding associate of President Putin, travelled to Tehran last Wednesday in the equivalent of a knockout punch in geopolitics. Continue reading

  • Surovikin’s Difficult Choice

    In January, 1944, the newly reconstituted German Sixth Army found itself in an operationally cataclysmic situation in the southern bend of the Dnieper River, in the area of Krivoi Rog and Nikopol. The Germans occupied a dangerous salient, jutting out precariously into the Red Army’s lines. Vulnerable on two awkward flanks, and facing an enemy… Continue reading

  • Stepping Forward Again

    As a sequel to yesterday’s article concerning the state of affairs regarding the Russian withdrawal from Kherson, today we will be examine how Russian efforts will get the Military Operation in the Ukraine back on track. Continue reading

  • Russia’s Kherson withdrawal is tactical

    General Mark Milley, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States assessed that it would take several weeks for Moscow to complete the evacuation of some 30,000 Russian troops deployed in Kherson city in southern Ukraine. But Russians have announced that the evacuation was successfully completed in 2 days — both soldiers and over… Continue reading

  • Biden nods to compromise in Ukraine

    The midterm elections in the US witnessed razor-thin races as Senate and House control hangs in the balance. But that didn’t discourage President Biden from holding a press conference on Wednesday to stake claim that the “giant red wave” didn’t happen. Continue reading

  • Stepping Back and Looking

    After the Russian withdrawal from Kherson, many are asking what Russia’s next step may be. This post needs not look at the withdrawal, the focus being on certain factors which were either underestimated or simply not considered by military leaders in Moscow in the earlier phases in the war. Today we will look at the… Continue reading

  • Doomsday Merchants

    Yesterday a pivotal decision by the Russian High Command polarized opinion on the internet. This article published yesterday cover the ins and outs of why Shiogu and Surovikin made the move that they did, yet today’s post will concentrate on the reactions shown across cyberspace as bloggers and boneheads alike commented on the day’s news. Before we… Continue reading

  • Ditch the Doomsday Talk

    Much has been said over previous days regarding the setbacks suffered by Russian forces in the Kherson region, and today Sergei Shoigu has ordered Russian forces to withdraw from the city and return to the eastern bank of the Dnieper river. Whilst an army of armchair warriors are throwing their hands in the air, rather… Continue reading

  • A Triangle of Trouble

    Matters are coming to a head in a number of ways across the globe this week, yet there is a common denominator between them all. This article will examine three events of global importance and explore how their relationship may shape things to come. Continue reading

  • The Kherson Kingpin

    the Western headlines and you will be told that vast Ukrainian forces are massing in the Kherson region to smash through Russian defenses before moving on to retake Crimea. The front page in Russia tells us that the city is being evacuated prior to a big push by Moscow’s men before moving further westwards. This… Continue reading

  • Maverick Maneuvers

    This week saw an excellent article published in the American Conservative by Douglas Macgregor, he questioning Biden’s stance regarding the Ukraine and the possibility of an intervention by the US and certain allies outside of the NATO framework. This article will also examine the same theme, yet from a different viewpoint and look at some of… Continue reading

  • Southern Russia

    Since Russia launched its Military Operation, a goodly portion of what was Ukrainian territory is now part of the Russian Federation. This area, which is currently talked of as ‘Southern Russia’ is only set to expand as Moscow’s men push further during the coming winter. This article will look at what winter may bring and… Continue reading