Ukraine

Signs are there that it could, and it is Putin’s nightmare — Balkanization is the fragmentation of a larger region or state into smaller regions or states, which may be hostile or uncooperative with one another. It is usually caused by differences of ethnicity, culture, and religion and some other factors such as past grievances. ~ Wikipedia We may be watching dreams…

Yevgeny Prigozhin plans to send his mercenaries back to Africa — After months of leading the brutal urban fighting in Bakhmut, and suffering a staggering number of casualties, Wagner’s mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly intends to fall back, and return his focus to Africa, where Wagner PMC already has a robust presence, doing brisk business exploiting natural resources in exchange for…

We have been here before. History gives us a way to forecast Russia’s future, as the reign of state control again erodes the country’s ability to move forward. These events have happened back in 1991, when Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev was faced with a coup by Soviet security forces. But…

Three Ukrainian reserve armies gear up behind the lines while Russia exhausts itself in failed winter offensive. When the mud dries Ukraine will move in a big way. It has become increasingly apparent in the last week or so that Russia’s ten month assault on Bakhmut led by Putin’s cook Prigozhin has likely culminated. Bakhmut stands. In the years to come Bakhmut will be studied in military schools and by armchair military historians alike. It could be the…

The imminent Ukrainian offensive has the Kremlin trembling — He lives under the protective umbrella of Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Medvedev spends his days inventing new ways that he can prove to his boss just how much he loves him. …

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…

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…