RSS- The battle for Ocheretyne
- Supreme Court oral arguments to be heard on April 25 about presidential immunity for official acts
- Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space
- The Wondrous Oak
- Three Seas Summit: Vilnius 2024
- Tit for tat until it all goes boom
- Deadly H5N1 avian influenza strain detected on mainland Antarctica
- “BYD is launching its next-gen Blade EV battery soon with more range and even lower cost”
- Iran launches air attacks on Israel
- ISW on the developing Ukrainian defense industrial base and Russias strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure
Category Archives: Ukraine Crisis
Russia loses an A-50 AWACS over the Sea of Azov
BREAKING: Ukraine confirms to have shot down two Russian planes over occupied Berdyansk on the Azov Sea: Russian A-50 AWACS IL-76 reconnaissance plane. ($300m); Russian IL-22, possibly the Special Mission variant PP radar jammer. Distress messages intercepted. If this is … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
62 Comments
Recent missile strike in Crimea and Ukrainian tactics
This night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces once again struck Crimea. Four Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles were fired from two Su-24M bombers in the direction of Saki airfield. Aviation at the base was already dispersed on alert, but the target was not … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
63 Comments
The 29 December missile and drone strike on Ukraine
This is what the Ukrainian Armed Forces put out shortly after the 29 December Russian missile and drone attack: Critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked in the latest massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine. Unfortunately, there are dead … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
76 Comments
“What I did over Christmas vacation”
This was often the first essay assignment after returning from Christmas vacation. But this isn’t about me. It’s about what the Ukrainian Air Force did in the last week. That includes the Anti-Aircraft Missile Forces. First, it appears the newly … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
30 Comments
“The story of ‘Carol of the Bells,’ a Christmas classic born in Ukraine” – reprinted 2023
“Shchedryk” (from Ukrainian: Щедрий вечiр, “Bountiful Evening”) is a Ukrainian shchedrivka, or New Year’s carol. It was arranged by composer and teacher Mykola Leontovych in 1916, and tells a story of a swallow flying into a household to sing of … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Culture and Society, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
6 Comments
Ukrainian Marines on ‘Suicide Mission’ in Crossing the Dnipro River
KHERSON, Ukraine — There was a faint tremor in the marine’s voice as he recounted the murderous fighting on the east bank of the Dnipro River, where he was wounded recently. “We were sitting in the water at night and … Continue reading
Posted in The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
28 Comments
Europe Swears Off Russian Gas. The Unexpected Price.
Last year at this time, Europeans worried about freezing without natural gas imports from Russia. That didn’t happen, and won’t this year. The European Union enters the winter of 2023-2024 with gas storage tanks nearly 95% full. Germany and its … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Europe, Russia, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
74 Comments
Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment
CNN — Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN. Still, … Continue reading
Posted in TTG, Ukraine Crisis
78 Comments
Russia’s ‘Powerful’ Air Defense Systems ‘Helpless’ Against Ukraine’s Cheap Drones – Russian Report
Russian air defense systems are poorly equipped to combat modern drones, which are smaller and cheaper. The West is not saying so, but a Russian report analyzing the country’s anti-drone capabilities does. Small drones have become a bane for Russia … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
55 Comments
Russia’s Main Link to China ‘Paralyzed’ After Tunnel ‘Sabotage’
Russia’s main rail link to China has been left paralyzed after Ukraine’s Security Service blew up a tunnel in the Russian republic of Buryatia, it has been reported. The explosions in the Severomuysky Tunnel were masterminded by the Security Service … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, The Military Art, TTG, Ukraine Crisis
56 Comments