Tag: Russia-Ukraine War 2022
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Tank Supplies to UA — a Short Overview and Perspectives
Arguably, the main close support piece of hardware for ground troops in any high-intensity conflict is the main battle tank (MBT). The Western doctrine for decades now diminished the importance of MBT in modern combat in favor of “smart” munition: anti-tank missiles launched by ground troops and drones, the stand-off guided missiles, anti-tank submunitions etc. […]
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Shuffling the Commanders — New SMO Commander the Chief of General Staff Gerasimov is Replacing Surovikin
The official reason given by the MoD is quite nonsensical, as usual. The statement goes: Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu makes new appointments to leadership of special military operation Chief of General Staff General of the Army Valery Gerasimov has been assigned the commander of the Joint Group of Forces. The […]
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The Strike on Engels Strategic Airbase, Again — No Lessons Learnt
After 20 days, UA repeats the strike on Engels Airbase housing the air component of the Russian nuclear triad. Very little information so far, but what was officially confirmed is that the airbase was hit, again, and three airmen were killed, again. If the first success of the attack can be attributed to the element […]
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Russia Updates
Russian news agency RIA Novosti citing Russian deputy head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs who tells that Russia is planning to continue providing Europe with crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline in the year 2023 in the same quantities as before. This is, by the way, in direct contradiction to the statement of the vice-Premier […]
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Updates
A large post by the Russian blogger “Murz” (repost by Strelkov here), describing the general situation on the Ukrainian front. In short: On other news, the head of Russian Transneft reported that Poland and Germany requested new contracts for oil transfer via the Druzhba pipeline for the year 2023. This, after the “oil price cap” […]
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Russian MoD Reveals the Use of Decoy Targets During Latest Cruise Missile Strike
I talked extensively about the lack of massive and efficient suppression/destruction of enemy air-defence (SEAD/DEAD) operations by the Russian military. Not to say it wasn’t done at all, but there wasn’t a systematic and large-scale effort to destroy UA’s long and medium range air-defence capabilities. In recent article from the Russian MoD, they reveal the […]
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Oil Price Cap and Putin is Turning Russia’s Other Cheek Again
Some days have passed after the West’s decision to impose the oil price cap on Russian export. Another opportunity was gifted to Russia to retaliate where it’s really hurts — the chaotic energy supply sector. European industry on the verge of collapse due to the raising energy prices and energy shortages, yet Rasputin’s government won’t […]
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Patriot Missiles for UA
The US is getting ready to provide the Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine. The publicly stated reason is to defend against Russian cruise missile and drone strikes on the nation’s power distribution network and energy related facilities such as national gas and petroleum reserves. The truth is Patriot system is badly suited for such purposes. […]
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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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