Tag Archives: Donbas

Russia’s Military: Thermoclines of Truth (And Endemic Corruption) All The Way Down

Thermoclines of truth, where valid information can’t make it to the top of organizations because telling unpleasant truths is discouraged, has been an ongoing concern of the blog. Simon Whistler and his crew have taken a look at the Russian … Continue reading →

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How Ukraine Is Hammering Russian Logistics

In this week’s LinkSwarm, I briefly touched on how Ukraine is absolutely hammering Russia’s logistics behind the front lines. So here are a couple of videos that go into more detail. First up: Task & Purpose. “Right now, Ukraine is … Continue reading →

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Has Russia Blown Its Wad In Bakhmut?

Since August, Russian forces (including a large contingent of Wagner Group mercenaries) has been assaulting the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in the Dunba with almost monomaniacal focus, despite very little to show for their efforts. Despite small successes for Russia … Continue reading →

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Ukraine’s Attrition Strategy

A lot of questions have popped up about the much-talked about Ukrainian counteroffensive for Kherson, among the biggest of which is “Where is it?” Anders Puck Nielsen, a military analyst at the Royal Danish Defence College, has some answers. What … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Launches Successful Counteroffensive

Ukraine appears to have won a decisive victory by driving Russian forces from the second largest city of Kharkiv and is now pushing them all the way back to the Russian border. The Russian military has likely decided to withdraw … Continue reading →

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Ukraine Update for April 27, 2022

It’s been almost a month since we did the last general Ukraine-Russo War update, so let’s catch up. The biggest change is that Russia has given up on trying to take Kiev and has withdrawn all their forces in the … Continue reading →

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Is Russia Running Out Of Troops?

Ukraine is often depicted as David up against Russia’ Goliath, but this analyst argues the situation is closer to the reverse when it comes to in-theater manpower: Some takeaways: Russia didn’t anticipate Ukraine undertaking mass mobilization, and now finds itself … Continue reading →

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Russo-Ukrainian War Roundup for March 28, 2022

Despite last week’s announcement that Russia was going to confine operations to the eastern part of Ukraine, there seems to be a lot of activity around Kiev, possibly of “one last push” variety, though Ukrainian forces have retaken Irpin, and … Continue reading →

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