Ukraine

Like some Greek tragedy playing out on the world stage, Russia’s senseless invasion of Ukraine set events in motion that will ultimately make the Russian Federation far weaker than it was before the invasion. Over the past three months, the shockwave could be felt throughout Europe as Putin’s incompetent military…

Updated story with confirmation of the deployment of obsolete tanks in Eastern Ukraine If you read my original story about the degradation of Russian armour in the Ukraine, then here’s an update which appears to confirm the deployment of obsolete T-62 tanks into the area of responsibility of the Southern Grouping of Forces (SGF). Russia will surely be pointlessly sacrificing valuable tank crews in these dinosaurs.

It’s what America does to every ally, sooner or later — the New York Times editorial board is setting the stage for history to repeat yet again. What do the Kurds, Syrian rebels, Shia of southern Iraq, and South Vietnamese all have in common? Being left in the lurch by…

Why the German left should stop opposing arms to Ukraine — [This article consists of a reply to an essay by Harald Wolf and Raul Zelik and a separate polemic by Zelik against my support for Ukraine. It’s long because it needs to be.] Die Linke is in crisis. It only narrowly squeaked through to gain parliamentary representation in the 2021…

The problem is that Russia disagrees and none of us has enough power to tell them, “no” without a backfire. — I have received some interesting responses to my articles about the war that is being prosecuted by everyone’s favorite antagonist, Vladimir Putin, president of Russia. Often, the most critical voices insist, sometimes with a veil, insist that the war is not justified. To those who have misunderstood me, I agree…