I have seen a few mentions of these recent Pentagon leaks about Ukraine's "spring counter-offensive" in the comments here so i gather that there are some comrades that have an interest for this sort of thing. From what i can tell this article does a good job summing up the most relevant big picture information that can be learned from these documents. ... read full post
I have a suspicion that the answer is yes, but I'm wondering if there are any concrete sources on France using NATO training or equipment during that time.
Biden’s Europe chief Sloat admits: 1) US knew just a “no NATO” statement from Ukraine would prevent war 2) US blocked it to avoid “rewarding” Russia & bet on Ukraine retaking territory by force. ... read full post
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"Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands."
As the country spirals into a demographic disaster, Ukrainian authorities face a quandary: who will be left to pick up the pieces once the war ends?
Despite the [conflict in Ukraine] and increasing Ukrainianization, Russian is still frequently spoken in Kiev schoolyards. Why? Deutsche Welle spoke with students, parents, teachers, and experts. ... read full post
Some in the European media are finally starting to enter the phase of acceptance: ... read full post
A perfect storm is hitting Ukraine, as political, battlefield, financial, and infrastructural pressure mount to unprecedented levels since the war began. Full grid collapse is now on the table. It’s just a question of if the Russians will choose to pull the plug.
It's giving Napoleon
"During a recent trip to frontline areas near the encircled strategic city of Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian president, his chief of staff, and commander-in-chief visited the 1st Azov Corps from the National Guard of Ukraine, and they found themselves standing next to a neo-Nazi flag, awarding soldiers who appeared to be wearing SS bolts on their arms. Actually, that PR debacle (which the international press has dutifully ignored) occurred at another command post — a brigade from the National Guard’s 2nd Khartia Corps." ... read full post
"Russia's oil processing has fallen just 3% this year despite Ukraine's biggest drone attacks to date as refineries averted a steep decline in fuel production by leveraging spare capacity to offset damage from the strikes, sources said and data showed."
I've been saying all along these pinprick attacks are a nothing burger as far as the trajectory of this conflict is concerned.
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"As this journalist has extensively documented, all Kiev’s gravest military disasters, such as the October 2023 - June 2024 Krynky catastrophe, were planned by London. That effort saw wave after wave of British-trained Ukrainian marines attempt to secure a beachhead in Russian-occupied territory, before marching on Crimea and outright victory in the war. Planning was heavily-informed by a desire to recreate the Normandy landings - D-Day - based on fantastical, Hollywood conceptions of that operation. Coincidentally, so too was DeVore’s sniper training program. ... read full post
Angelina Jolie abandons driver nabbed by Zelensky's draft enforcers — Ukrainian news agency UNIAN ... read full post
Not even pushing back on the analysis used to produce the figures. Bleak bleak bleak bleak bleak
In the city of Yasinovataya (DPR), the whole family - a teenage girl born in 2012, a woman born in 1986 and a man born in 1971 were killed as a result of overnight shelling using HIMARS 227mm rocket artillery. ... read full post
Excluding Crimea, because libs don't see it as Russia