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War in Ukraine
The focus of this piece is to explore the options now available to Ukraine as it moves into the second week of operations in Kursk, as well as the considerations and risks involved with each option.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
AFU troops stormed across the border on Tuesday morning in what has been the largest and most successful such offensive by Kyiv since Russia’s full scale invasion.
Aug. 12
War in Ukraine
A quick assessment of what we know about the surprise Ukrainian assault into Russia, and what might be Ukraine’s strategic and operational objectives.
Aug. 11
War in Ukraine
This Russian army isn't their father’s Soviet Army. They are their great-great grandfather’s meatgrinder of an army that fled the battlefields of WWI – led by an equally one-dimensional general.
Aug. 11
Zelensky
In his nightly address on Saturday, the Ukrainian president only mentions “pushing onto the aggressor’s territory” while keeping all details hidden behind the veil of operational security.
Aug. 11
Russia
A unique mix of Soviet and US-provided equipment seen in the latest Ukrainian troop movements into the Kursk region indicated the potential involvement of the country’s 80th Air Assault Brigade.
Aug. 10
Putin
According to Bloomberg, despite the intelligence reports, which detailed the buildup of Ukrainian forces near the border, the General Staff did not tell Vladimir Putin what was going on.
Aug. 9
War in Ukraine
Russia has given only scarce updates as it seeks to strike a balance between denouncing the escalation and avoiding panic.
Aug. 8
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Kyiv Post asked Andreas Umland, a leading analyst on Europe and Russia, about the latest dramatic development in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Aug. 8
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Footage from Aug. 6 and 7 shows Ukrainian armored vehicles along the 38K-030 route, about 10 kilometers into Russian territory, in an operation that appears to be more than a mere cross-border raid.
Aug. 8
Russia
After apparently sending a raid of 300 infantry soldiers and a few dozen armored vehicles into Russia itself, the largest incursion by Ukrainian forces to date, Kyiv officials are still silent.
Aug. 7
Russia
Officials said the fake sites, likely developed by Russia to collect Ukrainian data, were in the development stage and have not been distributed.
Aug. 7
Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to Russia’s Ministry of Defense 300 troops from Ukraine's 22nd Mechanized Brigade, supported by 11 tanks and over 20 armored vehicles, attacked Russian border positions on August 6.
Aug. 6
War in Ukraine
This is the latest of multiple attempts to breach the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kursk and Belgorod regions in hopes of establishing a toehold in the Russian Federation itself.
Aug. 6
Netherlands
The New York Times said on Monday that Ukraine only has about 20 pilots sufficiently trained to fly the aircraft that are being provided this year.
Aug. 5
Armed Forces of Ukraine
The latest imagery confirmed that the attack on Russia’s Morozovsk airfield on Saturday, destroyed a Su-34 fighter-bomber, aviation ammunition and caused widespread damage.
Aug. 5
Unconfirmed reports say Ukrainian special operators backpacked a bulky laser designator into a Russian border region and used it to take out a vital piece of Russian hardware.
Nov. 8