Category Archives: Ukraine Crisis

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ukrainian order of battle on the Zaporizhian front

ON THE ZAPORIZHIA FRONT | See the meticulous animation of @Stevius21 which shows the repositioning of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the axis between Novoprokopivka and Verbove, overtaken by Robotyne The Ukrainians have reorganized part of their system in … Continue reading

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Freight rates for grain exports via new Black Sea route fall sharply, Ukraine says

KYIV, Oct 2 (Reuters) – A new corridor allowing cargo vessels to carry Ukrainian grain and iron ore from Black Sea ports has significantly lowered freight rates and they are likely to fall further, Ukraine’s farm minister said on Monday. … Continue reading

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Interview with Kyrylo Budanov

Nothing is beyond the reach of the Chief of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence and Special Operations Forces of Ukraine. Nothing. Nothing, and no-one.  If you haven’t paid attention to Budanov lately, you might want to start. Gloves are, apparently, off. In … Continue reading

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Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles

Some in Washington had resisted supplying the weapons system, known as “attack-ems,” out of fear that it would widen the war with Russia. President Joe Biden has told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that the United States will provide a … Continue reading

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How Estonia’s Military Intelligence secretly helped Ukraine

February 24, 2022. It had been maybe 10 hours since Vladimir Putin announced the “special military operation” against Ukraine, but the fighting was already taking place dangerously close to Kyiv. Russian forces were trying to take control of the Hostomel … Continue reading

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