Russo-Ukraine War Assessment: Week of 11 April to 16 April

Eric Balough
War In Ukraine
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4 min readApr 17, 2022

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Overview:

Here is the ISW assessment for 15 April.

Eight weeks into the war and things have gone from bad to awful to terrible to catastrophic to $%@#&#!!! for Russia.

There are so many things happening with the war at the moment, and with so much to sift through, this week’s update will focus on some of the strategic impacts of Putin’s folly. (And they still haven’t learned that miles-long columns of armored vehicles is what the rest of us like to call “targets”.)

Those Ukrainian farmers are relentless…

Russian warship, іди нахуй

When I was stationed in Turkey, I got my scuba certification and one of my favorite activities was wreck diving. Well… the waters outside of Crimea now have a new attraction.

After a “mysterious” ammo explosion, the crown jewel of the Black Sea Fleet, the Moskova, became a…

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Eric Balough
War In Ukraine

Former infantry officer, and current military analyst. Lover of coffee, dogs, Jeeps, hockey and my family.