Tag: Igor Strelkov
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Russian Navy News and Some Other Updates
After the article from a few days ago which talked about decommissioning of the first Lada class submarine which entered service only in 2021, now there is a TASS article about the most powerful warship in the RuN awaiting the same destiny. Peter the Great is currently the only serving member of the project 1144…
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Dilemma of Russian Patriots
By large, there are three different approaches amongst the Russian patriotic public regarding how to deal with the current situation of incompetent military planning, the lack of political leadership and the eternal problem of corruption, adversely affecting the present and future of the ethnically or culturally Russian people. As a side note, I like to…
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Absence of Leadership and Vision is the main Reasons for Russian Catastrophic Managment of the War in Ukraine
The West has changed its main tune from destroying Russia economically, politically and military, to seeking diplomatic solution. For now the hybrid war is still raging and even escalating, but the next step to freeze the conflict on conditions favorable to the West is already in making. After the successful Ukrainian strike on the most…
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Responding to Jacob Dreizin’s video “Who deserves the Firing Squad” (in Russian)
Jacob’s video: Кого на расстрел? (1st exclusive video for my Russian audience) He makes a few points I want to address. For some reason, my comments on his blog aren’t being published. I assume the reason is him approving each comment one-by-one, and if there are a large number of comments, not all of them…
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Explosions at Saki Airbase in Crimea: Did RuMoD lied and what happened?
A lie or not a lie? After some time passed, the picture of what have occurred at the RuAF (Russian Air Force) operated Saki Airbase at Crimea started to clear out, and I believe we now know enough to talk about it. First of all, the most important question here is did the RuMoD (Russian…
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120 contractors of the Russian Guard desert their mission
News article (in Russian) is here. I should say in front, that there is some confusion on this matter. I’ve seen over reports that are slightly differ on the number and the facts. It is possible, these are two different and unrelated occurrences. So, according to the article, 120 men from the small Russian republic…
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Severskiy Donets crossing by Russian Army debacle: the stream of consciousness
A few days before, around 8th of May, Russians tried to cross the river of Severskiy Donets using pontoon bridges (3 of them, it seems), and loosing a significant number (most ?) of the armored vehicles and unknown (but it seems not insignificant) number of personnel to the Ukraine’s artillery. It seems a Battalion tactical…
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The war in Ukraine: Why no mobilization in Russia? Strelkov vs the realities.
The famous Igor Strelkov, the brightest figure of the Donbass resistance in its early stages, makes his main argument against the Russian state policy in this war as such: Russia has to formally declare war and mobilize its forces, in order to achieve a decisive and quick victory in Ukraine, otherwise the slow pace of…
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