Ukraine War

Update: As usual the fog of war is what it is. This just came through: The General Staff denied its information about the withdrawal of Russian army units from Novaya Kakhovka Information about the alleged withdrawal of the enemy from this settlement was made public as a result of incorrect…

Whenever you read anything from SVR, it's important to use reasonable amounts of salt. However, this morning has a juicy tidbit that might be more accurate. It has to do with two issues: Using prisoners at the front lines and internal polling. That Vladimir Putin sees using prisoners as a…

This war can only end by returning Crimea to Ukraine from Russian control, without Crimea Ukraine can never rebuild their economy. Without Crimea Russia’s imperial nightmarish dreams will never stop — Last year, when this full-scale invasion had begun, many experts had forecasted a collapse of Ukraine within weeks or months. Initially, Ukraine was pushed back in the South, East, and North. So resisting or ever retaking all that land seemed like a distant phantasy to many. I wasn’t one of…

Russia killed my friend yesterday. My last message to him remains undelivered. He will never read it. I became friends with Kane Te Tai after I helped a man from his unit get to his home country after an injury. Kane found me on social media just to say thank…

Ukraine all set to induce chaos — Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s statement, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” is one for the ages. You can rescue an army from a contagion, but if it gets infected with fear, there is nothing you can do to recover. The ultranationalist community in Russia, vocalized by Russian…

Zelenskyy, in his own words. Recently, potential presidential candidate Ron DeSantis raised eyebrows by suggesting that the war between Ukraine and Russia was a ‘territorial issue’ and that we, the US, should stay clear of. I paraphrase. Of course, to a growing number of citizens in this country, his opinion…