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War & Conflict March 10, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Russian offense on wide front southwest of Donetsk
Geopolitics March 9, 2022[ Al Mayadeen ] 450 Arab and foreign extremists from Idlib arrive in Ukraine
Geopolitics March 8, 2022Ukraine President Zelenskyy soften stance in interview with ABC
March 8, 2022DPA youtube now have a custom URL: youtube.com/defensepoliticsasia
War & Conflict March 8, 2022[ #Mykolaiv Front ] Russian Forward Operating Base revealed; Ukr not going on counter : blow bridge
War & Conflict March 8, 2022[ Luhansk Front ] LPR / Russian Forces restart offensive against Severodonetsk
War & Conflict March 8, 2022[ Battle of Izyum ] Russian forces captures the northern half of Izyum; south separated by river
War & Conflict March 8, 2022[ Battle of Mariupol ] New Information on fighting locations; Sartana captured by DPR / Rus forces
Geopolitics March 7, 2022New Russian Narratives: 3 New Justifications For War – in the middle of the war
War & Conflict March 7, 2022Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol failed again for a 2nd time – both sides blame each other
War & Conflict March 6, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Humanitarian Updates; Mariupol evacuation resumes on a reroute from Nikolske
War & Conflict March 6, 2022[ Siege of #Mariupol ] #Russia Forces takes suburb of Staryi Krym
War & Conflict March 6, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Crimea forces punches into the rear of Ukraine’s East Army’s southern line
War & Conflict March 6, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Ukraine’s South-Eastern Line on the verge of collapse ; Russian pincer developing
War & Conflict March 5, 2022Ukraine bombed train bridges at border with Moldova / Transnistria
War & Conflict March 5, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Encirclement of Mariupol complete; Russian forces punches out of Luhansk!
War & Conflict March 5, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Major Russian advance across a wide front south of Zaporizhzhia
Geopolitics March 5, 2022We told you so: NATO rules out policing no-fly zone over war-hit Ukraine
Geopolitics March 4, 2022Summary of Russian’s perspective of the “Special Operation” in Ukraine so far
War & Conflict March 4, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Russian forces as taken undefended Enerhodar
Geopolitics March 4, 2022Georgia officially applies for EU membership
War & Conflict March 4, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Entire Ukraine’s line north of Severodonetsk in Luhansk is broken
War & Conflict March 2, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Heli insertion north of Mykolaiv – Battle for Mykolaiv International Airport
War & Conflict March 2, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Battle for Vozesens’k by Russian airborne troop
War & Conflict March 2, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Major advances reported in North-eastern Ukraine, with Russian forces present in Balakliya, Svatove, Chuhuiv and Bohodukhiv….
Geopolitics March 1, 2022Fighter jets donation deal off! Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia rejected request to give Ukraine their Russian-made planes
War & Conflict March 1, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Russian forces captures Starobils’k
War & Conflict March 1, 2022[ Kyiv Front ] Belarussian column spotted in Chernihiv – Ukraine Northern Territorial Army
War & Conflict March 1, 2022[ Crimea / Donbass Front ] The Battle of Mariupol’ has begun
Geopolitics February 28, 2022[ Reuters ] Belarus referendum approves proposal to renounce non-nuclear status
War & Conflict February 28, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Russians forces has captured Berdyans’k
Geopolitics February 28, 2022Summary of Military Aid to Ukraine in Feb 2022 as of 27 Feb
Geopolitics February 27, 2022Germany finally stop their military rot: promising to keep defense spending above NATO’s 2% GDP requirement
War & Conflict February 27, 2022[ Luhansk / Donbass Front ] Major advanced by Russian forces in Luhansk: Schastia, Muratove, Smolianynove, Novookhtyrka taken
War & Conflict February 27, 2022[ Kharkiv Front ] Undefended Kupyansk’s Mayor negotiated free passage for Russian troops; escorted by police
War & Conflict February 27, 2022[ Crimea Front ] Mykolaiv repelled Russian night attack
Finance & Economics February 27, 2022Belarus to vote on constitutional changes to host nuclear weapons and effectively make Lukashenka a dictator – Russia pushed to the brink
War & Conflict February 27, 2022[ Donbass Front ] Russia cuts communications between Volnovakha and Mariupol after taking Donskoye; capture Markivka and Kryz’ke in Luhansk
War & Conflict February 27, 2022[ Kyiv / Sumy Front ] Stalemate as Russian unable to make progress
Internal Affairs February 27, 2022Ukraine Defense Minister, Oleksii Reznikov call for citizens to lookout for spies and attack supply convoys