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Two Views Of Ukraine’s Invasion Of Russia

One wonders if Vladimir Putin knew that not only would his three day “special military operation” in Ukraine drag on for at least two and a half years, but that Ukraine would launch a successful invasion of Kursk oblast, if … Continue reading →

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Details On Russia’s Mobilization

At lot of details of how Russia will carry out its projected 300,000 man mobilization discussed yesterday are unclear. Binkov’s Battlegrounds, which covers a lot of different military topics, discusses some of the details about how it would (theoretically) be … Continue reading →

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Putin Chooses Mobilization, Sham Referendum, Continuing Humiliation

Faced with the continued erosion of Russia’s military position in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has chosen to double-down on failure. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced the partial mobilization of military reservists, a significant escalation of his war in Ukraine … Continue reading →

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Russo-Ukrainian War Update for February 27, 2022

The Russian offensive in Ukraine continues to bog down against stiff resistance, Putin puts his nukes on alert, a rumor of peace talks, momentum to suspend some Russian banks from SWIFT builds, and a whole lot of aid from the … Continue reading →

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Lithuania Reintroduces Conscription

With Russia still fighting it’s thinly disguised proxy war in Ukraine, other former Soviet states have to be nervous. That’s why Lithuania is reintroducing conscription. To my mind, all of the Baltic countries should go to a universal service model … Continue reading →

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