Hello everybody! STRATEGIC The Russian — and, as a result of that: Ukrainian, too — social media is brimming with reports according to which Putin either: a) Ordered Gerasimov to complete the ‘liberation’ of ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ (‘Donetsk Oblast declared by Putin to be a part of the Russian Federation’)…

Hello everybody! Let me start with some more thoughts and analysis of what’s going on in Moscow — and St. Petersburg — these days. It’s going to become obvious ‘why’, later on. I am still finding commentary like ‘Putin is fighting a long war’, ‘Putin is fighting a war for…

Hello everybody! Today, I’m going to address the latest ‘reform’ at the top of the Russian chain of command, and then of course the situation in the Soledar-Bakhmut area. I think there’s need for different approach to analysis of Putin’s decision to appoint the Chief of the GenStab, Gerasimov, as…

Good morning everybody! I’m in a rush today, so let me get straight to the point. Putin has reshuffled his chain of command for Ukraine, once again. Of course, it was on Shoygu to announce this in the public, then the greatest strategist of our times is never brought in…

Good morning everybody! Another rather short update, entirely focusing on the Soledar-Bakhmut area. For the start: the crisis is far from over, but I think it’s high point is over. Prigorzhin’s bragging about Wagner’s ‘full encircling of Ukrainian troops in Soledar’ is hogwash. But, it is truth that as of…

Good morning everybody! Some are asking me not to report ‘everything’, because there are yet more bad news from the Soledar-Bakhmut area — and, it seems, at least 1 Ukrainian soldier there in Bakhmut is reading my reports and thus my reporting might lower his/her morale… …while I was about…

Ukraine War, 9 January 2023 Hello everybody, Time for few battlefield updates… AIR/MISSILE WARFARE On the positive side: word is that Germany delivered several high-power generators to Kherson. Sadly, that’s about the only good news related to the Ukrainian power grid I’ve heard in days. Putin and Surovikin have continued…

Hello everybody! Sorry for another delay: this is a ‘Part 2’ of what I started writing on 5 December, then got interrupted. Anyway, here you are: having made it ‘clear’ I’m as mad as frustrated by this tragedy known as ‘War in Ukraine’ or ‘Ukraine War’ (or whatever else you…

Good morning everybody! Have taken a few days off, only to find myself facing multiple requests to comment and summarise the ‘first year of Russian invasion of Ukraine’. Or ‘the first 10 months’… Up front, must admit, ‘working up’ my brain after few days of ‘doing nothing’ isn’t that easy…