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- “La Grande Fete de Merci Donnant” Buchwald – reposted 2023
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- Open Thread – 20 November 2023
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Category Archives: Ukraine Crisis
The New Drone Wars – Three Years Later
Back in early 1981, I did a few “odd jobs” between graduating from the Infantry Officer Advanced Course and starting the SF Officers Course. One of these jobs was as an ARTEP evaluator for a mech infantry company on Fort … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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A forest dead drop
In the beginning of March [2022], Ukraine was in dire need of additional fighter jets. Poland was willing to provide them, but there was a catch. At that time Russia officially warned against using western airbases by Ukrainian aviation, threatening … Continue reading
Posted in Poland, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Book review – “Polska na Wolnie” (Poland at War)
I imagine this may go unnoticed outside Poland, so I’d like to give heads up to all of you interested in the rather never officially undisclosed/confirmed circumstances around the beginning of the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine from Polish … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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US purchases more Gepards from Jordan to send to Ukraine
The new U.S. purchase of the Gepards is being funded through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which was established prior to Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine. This security assistance mechanism is specifically intended to help acquire weapons and other … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Who blew up Nord Stream?
A senior Ukrainian military officer with deep ties to the country’s intelligence services played a central role in the bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines last year, according to officials in Ukraine and elsewhere in Europe, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Zaluzhnyi on modern war
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi assessed on November 1 that the war in Ukraine has taken on a positional nature and offered a series of recommendations for Ukraine to restore maneuver to the battlespace. In an essay entitled “Modern Positional Warfare … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Tales of the River Bank
Kherson direction: Activity of the APU on the left bank, the situation as of 18.00 on October 17, 2023. Last night, at least four groups of then AFU 35th and 36th Marine Brigade from the Katran strike group landed at … Continue reading
Posted in fauna, Flora, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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Comparative ammunition expenditures
Well this is interesting. The graphic in quoted tweet is from telegram account #UAWarInfoGraphics . It looks like they take #OSINTguild224 analysis (ex: my chart below) turn into a good infographic and post on Telegram. Shout out to @rshereme for … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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ATACMS now in use by Ukraine
Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Operation “DRAGONFLY”. Successful operation of the SSO of Ukraine to attack airfields in Berdyansk and Luhansk The special operations forces received information about the enemy’s use of the airfields in the … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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The Avdiivka Offensive
Avdiivka….the last few days it became clear why the Russians inserted their 25th CAA into the sector Svatove-Kremina, and withdrew the 1st GT and the 41st CAA from there, back in September: they’ve re-filled battered units, and then re-deployed them … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
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