Tag: Ukraine
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Russia Withdraws from Snake Island
It isn’t a giant news, but nothing else really interesting happening at the moment. Allied forces continue to chew the Ukrainian Army, and Ukrainian morale is at the brink of total exhaustion, handing by the thread. Some new cities, towns, villages and factories are captured/liberated, but the trend is exactly the same. So nothing new […]
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Scott Ritter’s “Game Change” critique
I just listened for a mix of Scott’s discussions, regarding his new vision of the events on the ground in Ukraine. And I wanted to make some counterpoints. First of all, I have to say that Scott was trolled very hard since his change of harts (of a sort). I’m not talking about disagreements with […]
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Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles supplies for Ukraine
Some analysts believe that Harpoon missiles supplies to Ukraine doesn’t matter much (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOjWBwPlbTQ). The reasons are: they would be detected and destroyed by Russians soon enought; they are not enough to change the status quo in the Black Sea — Russians would have naval superiority either way. Well, I disagree. First, unlike any regular […]
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Thoughts regarding Western change of its end-goal from hybrid victory to diplomatic solution in Ukraine
It is something which is being talked about quite a lot recently. For example, in the latest episode on his YouTube channel, Alex Mercouris discusses this possibility, as the preferred way out of this bloody conflict. I will summarize the main point using the Russian proverb: “bad peace is better than a good war”. The […]
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Putin is ordering to increase payments to servicemen deployed in Ukraine
The article in Russian is here. As the headline said, Putin wants to increase the payments for the soldiers and personnel deployed in Ukraine. His reasoning, if the article is correct, is goes like that: since they are serving abroad, and the exchange rates of US dollar to ruble fell significantly, then it would be […]
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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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Multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) for Ukraine isn’t a “game changer”
There is a renewed talks about the US supplying MLRS launchers to Ukraine. Ukraine maintains that the reason it’s loosing the war is the lack of this or other “wonder weapon”. As soon as it would be supplied with it, the tides of war will surely change directions. Let us examine those assumptions. MLRS in […]
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Russian voluntary mobilization continues. Upper age limit for Russian Army contractors removed
I discussed on previous occasions the reasons why Russia doesn’t want to act on official mobilization, relying instead on “volunteers”, private military contractors (i.e. Wagner Group), Russian Guard. I put the volunteers part in quotation marks not to belittle their motivation — I can’t speak on this matter, and I assume many are genuinely believe […]
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Russia-Kazakhstan wheat dispute and the Ukraine
Russia is determined to control the export of grains, which include barley, corn, and especially wheat, in light of current global situation. According to Kommersant’s article, it implemented two measures in order to limit free export of grains: Floating export tax on wheat (currently at about $110.5 per ton) and corn/barley (currently at about $75.5 […]
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