Tag: Alexander Mercouris
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Commentary on Alexander Mercouris Latest Video: Tanks for UA, US Wasn’t Ready for Proxy War
Alexander’s video is here. I want to address two points which l noted in the header: firstly, the Western major nations of “hot potato” with tanks, and secondly, the seemingly total unpreparedness of the US ruling elites for their proxy war against Russia. Regarding the tanks, things are not entirely clear. Will start with the…
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Why Ukraine is Grasping for Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Despite Heavy Losses?
A question repeats in Duran and Alexander Mercouris commentary videos: why Ukrainian command wouldn’t pull its troops from Artemovsk, if it loses so many troops there? First of all, Russians lose troops as well. And being heavily fortified and urbanize area, defenders have the advantage. So, pulling out only means taking the fight to another…
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Cruise Missile Strikes, Railroad Infrastructure, Bombers — Commentary to Alex Mercouris Latest Video
Alex Mercouris talked about the use of the cruise missiles to strike targets against UA in his latest video. He analyses the Russian cruise missile production capacities based on the cruise missiles used in those strikes. In on one of my previous posts, I discussed the error in correlating the number of missiles used in…
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Calculating Missiles: Commentary on Alexander Mercouris’ latest video
Alexander Mercouris published his daily commentary video on Ukrainian war, where he talks, among other, about the stockpiles and production capabilities of the Russian Federation and Western countries in regard to the expected Patriot battery delivery to Ukraine. Cruise missile production rate Alesander tries to assess the rate of Russian cruise missile production based on…
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No Such Was Strategy to Lose Battles in Order to Win a War
It is mainly a response to Alexander Mercouris latest video, there he again raises the possibility of Russian retreats as some kind of possible strategy. I’m sure, being very knowledgeable in historic matters, he wouldn’t find a single example of such strategy. Alexanders point is based primarily on the fact he still can’t fully accept…
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Effectiveness of the Western MLRS against Russian Targets
I have already touched this topic here and here, but I will add some thoughts and speculations, since this issue had a recent development. To summarize the points Alexander Mercouris and his guest make, the US-supplied M142 HIMARS have apparently shown (according to Ukrainian sources) some good success in engaging Russian or allied targets. Alexander…
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