Tag: Russia-Ukraine War 2022
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Russian Army to Abandon the Right Side of Dnepr in Kherson Region
The official reasons are: First of all, these are the admission of a Russian ground forces inaptitude. Planning, training, equipment, armament — all being deficient. Deficient against extremely corrupted government and a failed state, held up by terrorizing all its citizens into conforming to the Nazi-like pseudo-ideology and propped up by some western military and…
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Let’s Mention Some Positives, For a Change
I mainly concentrate on the negatives of the Russian conduct in the Ukrainian war. Some will see it as an anti-Russian position. In fact, it is the total opposite. Turning blind eye to the problems and failures is, in my opinion, the path to degradation. To improve, first the deficiencies should be recognized and accepted…
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Possible New Iranian Types of Drones to Enter Russian Army Service — a Commentary on Rybar’s article.
There is a speculatory post on Rybar’s Telegram channel, celebrating the rumors of possible new types of Iranian drones to be purchased by Russian MoD. It talks about two types of drones, the long, ~2,000 km range drone with simple valve motor propeller engine, and an Iranian clone of the US-made Switchblade tactical drones. The…
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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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Misunderstanding Official RuMoD Briefings
I see people making strange assumptions regarding official Russian statistics coming from the Ministry of Defense daily briefings. I don’t quite understand why those assumptions are made. And while I cannot prove they are wrong, I would like to present an alternative, more reliable (as I believe) framework, that will help to better understand those…
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