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For more than 300 years the Moscow elite presumed that Ukrainians like the whole of the West swallowed the fiction of Russian benevolence and shared prosperity – now they know they didn’t.
Aug. 25
Drones
Comments by troops fighting on the Dnipro left bank agree with the view of analysts that masses of UAVs make movement dangerous for both Ukrainian and Russian forces.
Mar. 20
War in Ukraine
An irritating Kyiv bridgehead Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Putin was totally “wiped out” is hanging tough weeks later, and now elite Ukrainian Marines have grabbed new real estate.
Mar. 8
War in Ukraine
Moscow’s “journalists” very quiet about two years of war; Russia knocking on the door on left bank, moving on Bakhmut front; More Ukrainian POWs murdered?
Feb. 26
Kherson
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that the village of Krynky had been “cleared” of Ukrainian forces.
Feb. 21
War in Ukraine
A Ukrainian official said Moscow’s assaults were now only being carried out by unsupported infantry in what they described as groups of “suicide bombers.”
Feb. 8
Drones
Ninety days into the daring, some said foolhardy amphibious operation across one of Europe’s major waterways, Ukrainian Marines are still there.
Jan. 17
War in Ukraine
Partisans continue wins in and around Crimea; Russian air strikes target civilians along Dnipro; SBU practices nuclear-plant maneuvers; AFU drone activity on the rise
Jan. 16
War in Ukraine
Ukrainian drone swarms and tough infantry defending strategic Krynky village are now topics of open complaint by their opponents. Clumsy Russian army decision-making is a big problem, they say.
Jan. 10
War in Ukraine
AFU reports bullet shortages on the fronts; More Zelensky-Zaluzhny controversies; Russian troops creep forward in Krynky and near Donetsk; Putin says “girls” are good pilots, but needed in other jobs
Dec. 19, 2023
Drones
It’s legacy military tech vs. new reality with Russian Air Force jets dropping 250 kg glide bombs and Ukrainian volunteers fighting back with Chinese hobby drones rigged to carry explosives.
Nov. 29, 2023
Armed Forces of Ukraine
The pleading from the Russian troops corroborates Ukrainian success in establishing bridgeheads south of Kherson and reveals a significant morale issue within the Russian ranks.
Nov. 24, 2023
War in Ukraine
If the bridgehead were to expand, it could become a legitimate launch platform for a major offensive that would put Russian bases in Crimea into the range of systematic precision-guided munitions.
Nov. 21, 2023
War in Ukraine
US Defense Secretary makes surprise visit to Kyiv; Kremlin stages migrant crisis on Finnish border, ISW says; Russian gains noted near Avdiivka and Kreminna; AFU marches forward on left bank.
Nov. 21, 2023
War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian forces say the strategy right now is not so much to gain ground as to dig in well and hurt the Russian military with long-range strikes.
Nov. 20, 2023
War in Ukraine
Elsewhere, the Ukrainian army also said on Sunday that it has pushed Russian forces back "three to eight kilometres" from the banks of Dnipro river.
Nov. 19, 2023
If the bridgehead were to expand, it could become a legitimate launch platform for a major offensive that would put Russian bases in Crimea into the range of systematic precision-guided munitions.
Nov. 21, 2023