Category Archives: The Military Art

“Putin’s arms shipments no longer dare enter the Black Sea. Russia is losing the logistic war”

Navies spend more time (ideally) preventing conflict in the first place, but if that fails, the big effort is protecting their own side’s logistics and/or denying the enemy theirs. History is littered with examples of combatants who overreached their supply … Continue reading

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Aleksandar on the French General Staff Assessment

Someone leaked French Joint Staff assessment to a French newspaper.Nothing new for most of us, ukraine can’t win and in fact is weaker and weaker. “The situation looks exceedingly bleak for Ukraine, which might in part explain Macron’s recent declarations … Continue reading

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“Ukraine War, 17 February 2024: Melee in Avdiivka”

Hello everybody! An update at ‘unusual hour’, because of latest developments in the Avidiivka area. Essentially, upon realising that the ZSU is in the process of withdrawing from the ruins of the town, the Russians launched such a massive onslaught, … Continue reading

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Tom Cooper on the status of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Question 5: What can you say about the general state of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under Valery Zaluzhny? At this point in time, the answer is unclear. The state of research about this war is that only statements by different … Continue reading

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“Ukrainian Attack May Have Crushed Production Of Russia’s Deadliest Drone”

The Lancet has been one of Russia’s most effective weapons in its war with Ukraine, a small kamikaze drone which can find and destroy targets from 40 miles away with deadly precision. Lancets knock out Leopard tanks, artillery and even … Continue reading

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Ukrainian naval drones sink a Russian missile corvette

Ukraine has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using drones. The Ivanovets, a $70 million missile corvette, went down on January 31. Video shows multiple Ukrainian boat drones dodging bullets before hitting the stern of the warship, disabling … Continue reading

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“Kataib Hezbollah: Iran-backed group suspends attacks against US after drone strike”

An Iran-backed Iraqi militia suspected of a drone strike in Jordan that killed three US soldiers says it has suspended operations against US forces. Kataib Hezbollah, which is part of an umbrella group that claimed Sunday’s attack, said this was … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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