In a show of incredible hubris, Ukraine released two professionally-produced ‘Hollywood’ trailers for their (as then) forthcoming military offensive… One month into Ukraine’s semi-Schrödinger’s Offensive and the results are pretty definitive. By any measure, it’s a failure. During World War Two, Operation Market Garden was an allied military offensive that lasted ten days, from 17th…
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Kramatorsk ~ Hotel and Restaurant Missile Attack
On June 27th, a Russian missile struck an hotel, shop and restaurant complex in Kramatorsk. The BBC reported that eight people had been killed, including three children. A later BBC report, told that: The award-winning Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has died from her injuries after a Russian missile hit a pizza restaurant in the eastern…
The NATO Conundrum
Both Ukraine and Russia argue that there is an existential threat facing them. Russia argues that the largest component of that existential threat for Russia emanates from NATO, and Ukraine’s long-planned-for membership of NATO. Ukraine argues that her existential threat comes from the military force deployed by Russia. Russia argues that she deployed this military…
Luhansk Anniversary
On June 2nd 2014, the Ukrainian Air Force launched a rocket attack on the Regional State Administration building in Luhansk. Many civilians died. Many were wounded and disabled for life. Despite video evidence, Kiev denied involvement. Some declared that an ‘air conditioner’ had exploded. Lest we forget. On Bitchute, or… Age-Restricted by YouTube/Google…
Schrödinger’s Offensive
Autumn has come and gone. Winter. Spring. All gone. But at least now we have the Hollywood trailer for the upcoming Ukrainian offensive. Summer? Anyone? For months now, Ukraine has been preparing a ‘fist’ of new units, armed with the very latest in shiny new NATO toys. According to the leaked Pentagon information, bean-counted and…
The Kuenssberg Parallax
On 28th May 2023, the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg, (onetime Political Editor and now host of the flagship BBC Political ‘show’ ‘Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg’) penned an article for the BBC News, entitled ‘Ukraine War: Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin issues warning of escalation in Ukraine.‘ This article was an accompanying piece to an interview with the…
Ukraine ~ A General Overview
Across Ukraine, a similar situation can be found along the entire contact line, from North to East to South. With a few notable exceptions, the Russians are simply holding firm and are not engaging in ‘big arrow’ offensives; sweeping advances by large formations intent upon capturing swathes of territorial or geographical real-estate. In the bulk…
Ukraine – April 2023
I have written a couple of general overviews of the Russo-Ukraine conflict (March 2022 and December 2022) in which, I believe, the included assessments and predictions have – so far – proven accurate. It’s now April 2023 and as I believe this conflict is nearing the ‘end-game,’ it’s time to bring my thinking up-to-date. As…
Causality and Consequence
With regards to the current conflict in Ukraine, I have been musing over the ‘terrorist sabotage’ attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines on September 26th 2022 that sabotaged three of the four Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines. Why did it happen and how? Nord Stream Background The company behind Nord Stream…
Simple.
According to western governments and media, and consequent popular public opinion, Russia invaded Ukraine, a democratic, freedom-loving, innocent and harmless sovereign nation in February 2022, with no provocation. Why would Russia do such a thing? Well, to fulfil Putin’s imperial aspirations to rule and conquer Ukraine. As a first step to invade and dominate the…