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Russia’s Super Duper Uber Winter Offensive – Where will Russia invade from next?
There are many talks, predictions and analysis by everyone on how Russia will do it’s winter offensive. Or would it even happen? And with the change in leadership structure for the Russian Special Military Operation, the winter offensive is looking really likely to happen soon. DPA believe the 3 deputy commanders of the SMO will…
Russia to escalate Ukraine military operations??? Valery Gerasimov take over command from Surovikin
Russia Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu announce change of leadership in the Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine, replacing Surovikin with his direct superior, Valery Gerasimov – with Surovikin becoming one of the 3 deputies under him. This may be a signal that Russia is likely to escalate the military operation with the appointment of an…
[ Battle of Soledar ] Encirclement of Ukraine troops; retreat road threatened @ Silj & Krasnopolivka
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Russian forces advanced quickly in Soledar, capturing the hospital and Salt Mine No.4, as such, closing the retreat route of any Ukrainian forces currently still fighting in the city center. Ukrainian forces currently only holding 15-20% of Soledar, mainly on the western side around Salt Mine No.7. Encircled Ukrainian forces…
[ Bakhmut Front ] Ukraine Soledar and North Bakhmut lines collapsing; Analysis of what is happening!
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Rumors are flying about all across both Pro-Russian and Pro-Ukrainian sphere, of an imminent collapse of Ukrainian lines north of Bakhmut and a withdrawal from Soledar. All signs seemed to indicate the total collapse of the defensive lines, and mass evacuations of forces is currently happening at Krasna Hora and…
[ Israel-Palestine ] Gaza rocket fail; 40yr prisoner released; clashes at Kafr Dan, Nablus & Dheisha
5/1: Israel freed longest-serving Palestinian prisoner of 40 years – received heroes welcome in his hometown of Ara “One of Israel’s longest serving Palestinian prisoners went free on Thursday after completing a 40-year sentence, as members of the new right-wing government called for him to be stripped of his citizenship. Karim Younis, 60, was convicted…
[ Siversk Front Analysis ] Strategic importance of Rozdolivka to Ukraine’s line east of Siversk
Update from the Siversk Front: Some of the fiercest fighting had been reported in the direction of Rozdovlivka, with the Ukrainian pouring troops into the area of prevent a Russian breakthrough. And this is for a good reason: Rozdovlivka represents one of the southern lynchpin to the entire Siversk salient. The fall of the position…
[ Siege of Bakhmut ] Ukraine 3 towns away frm losing entire Bakhmut: Ivanivske, Pidhorodne & Yahidne
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian Defense Ministry shockingly reported that fighting is now in the area of Ivanivske, a town South-West-West of Bakhmut City. Through Ivanivske lies the important highway to Konstyantynivka, a major forward deployment base. Losing control of the highway, would mean losing a major reinforcement and resupply route. And what’s more…
Between division and internal problems, what is the future of the Polisario?
There is currently widespread belief among pro-Moroccan, neutral, and pro-independence individuals that the Polisario Front is weakened and vulnerable to exploitation by Morocco. This belief is reinforced by recent events such as the resignation of Oubi Bachir Bouchraya, the Polisario Front’s representative in Europe, due to “deep differences” and “forced methods” within the organization. Bouchraya’s…
[ Bakhmut-NiuYork Front Analysis ] Why Russia push West from Kurdyumivka/Ozarianivka: Kostyantynivka
Update from the Bakhmut-NiuYork Front: Russia had been launching major offensive at the southern most end of Bakhmut Front and northern most end of the Niu-York Front. Fighting had been reported from Zalizne, Pivnichne and Druzhba around Toretsk, to Dyliivka and west of Kurdyumivka towards Bila Hora. It might seemed pretty aimless and very detached…
Defense Politics Asia (#DPA) Person Of The Year 2022: Vladimir Putin
Defense Politics Asia (#DPA) Person Of The Year 2022 FINAL VOTING RESULTS Putin – 8294 votes Zelenskyy – 5224 votes Elon – 1891 votes Xi – 826 votes Defense Politics Asia (#DPA) Person Of The Year 2022 VLADIMIR PUTINPresident of the Russian Federation
Full Report on the Missile Incident at Przewodow, Poland
Basic information We know that around 3-4pm on 15/11/2022 a rocket hit a farm in a Polish village of Przewodów. Two men in their sixties were killed. The men have worked in this very place for 20 years. One of them was a tractor driver, the other one was the warehouse manager. At the time…
Defense Politics Asia (DPA) Person Of The Year 2022 Nomination Results
Defense Politics Asia (DPA) Person Of The Year 2022 Nomination Results: Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ElonMusk and XiJinping will go to the Final Round of Voting to decide who will become the DPA Person Of The Year 2022!!! The top 15 most nominated persons that will be featured on DPA 2023 Banners: The rest of…
[ Bakhmut Front ] Russian forces enter eastern part of Bakhmut City; pincer developing N & S of City
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Latest report suggest the Wagner PMC had been reinforced by Russian and Donetsk forces over at the Bakhmut Front, and had entered the residential region on the eastern side of Bakhmut City. With pressure mounting in the south of the city at Opytne and the north of the city at…
New Moroccan drone strikes against the Polisario : A beginning of a resumption of daily strikes?
The Moroccan army reportedly carried out a strike against “armed elements” in the area of Mijek near the border with Mauritania. This action was allegedly in response to rumors and threats from the Polisario about the arrival of Iranian drones. However, the pro-Polisario media claims that the strike was against civilians. The incident is said…
[ Syria / Iraq SITREP: 1-7/12 ] Turkey threatens ground offensive if Kurdish forces do not withdraw
Update from Syria: Turkey’s President Erdogan had warned that Turkey will have no choice but to resort to a new ground offensive into Northern Syria to establish the 30km buffer zones between the Turkey-Syria border from any Kurdish forces operating in Syria. Russia had reacted by opening negotiations with the Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)…
Singapore Defense Minister warn United States that they are losing geopolitical war in Indo-Pacific
Singapore’s Defense Minister, Dr Ng Eng Hen openly warn USA that they are failing geopolitically in the region (South East Asia) despite doing a lot on the military front with the formation of the Quad and AUKUS. But USA’s geopolitical strategy to focus exclusively on Taiwan issue is going to backfire on them as the…
[ Siversk Front Analysis ] Serebrianka & Verkhnokamyanske key to break Ukraine’s hold on Siversk
Update from the Siversk Front: Russian forces had reportedly captured Dibrova and is pushing south through the forest north of the Siverskyi Donets River towards Serebrianka. This coupled with the announcement by the Russian Defense Ministry that they have captured Bilohorivka of the Donetsk region – signals the weakening of the Ukrainian lines over at…
[ Bakhmut Front ] Ukraine lines collapse south of Bakhmut as Russia forces captured 4 vital towns
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian forces suffered major defeat south of Bakhmut City as Russian forces consisting of the Wagner PMC and Donetsk People’s Republic Militia finally overrun the Ukrainian lines that had been holding up for more than 2 months. Russian forces captured Andriivka, Zelenopillya and Ozarianivka on the 28th Nov 2022, before…
Destiny fulfilled: Anwar Ibrahim is finally the Prime Minister of Malaysia
After the most exciting General Election in Malaysian history where multiple alliances battle each other for control of the Dewan Rakyat (Malaysian Parliament) – an election where we see a record 945 candidates battling for just 222 parliamentary seats (amongst them, 108 are independent candidates) – the final results ended with a hung parliament with…
Putin’s Path to Victory Against the West.
Putin has a clear path to defeating the West. Russia and NATO cannot resolve their conflict by war in a nuclear world. Instead, Putin will leverage the threat of humanitarian disaster caused by the war in Ukraine and the looming world economic recession. Victory for Putin means holding onto some of his gains in Ukraine…
Dronification of the conflict in Western Sahara.
On April 8, 2021, it was rumored (and reported by AFP) that Morocco had launched its first ever drone strike, that killed the Polisario police chief / commander of the national gendarmerie, Addah al-Bendir in Tifariti, an oasis town in the North-eastern part of Western Sahara. The strike was thought to be conducted by Harop…
[ Bakhmut Front ] Russia planning to bypass Bakhmut entirely by encircling it in North-South pincer
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Ukrainian Defense Ministry in their latest report mentioned that they had repulsed an attack in the town of Pidhorodne. Unbeknownst to casual readers / non-mappers of the report, one may not realised that this town an important location in the north-east outskirt of Bakhmut City. NE of Bakhmut had been…
A Surprising Rift, NATO Breaks With Zelensky, Attempts to Sweep Polish Farmer Incident Under the Rug
On November 15th, Russia launched a massive wave of missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure across the country in what has become Modus Operandi. Over 100 sites were hit, but one particular impact will dwarf the rest of them in importance. Boguslaw Wos, 62, and Bogdan Ciupek, 60, were killed when an errant missile landed in…
[ Donetsk Front Analysis ] Fall of Opytne expose Avdiivka to potential encirclement; Lines MUST Hold
Update from the Donetsk Front: Russian Ministry of Defense announces the capture of Optyne, North of Donetsk City – corroborating reports of the capture by Pro-Russian sources as well as the concession by Pro-Ukrainian source DeepStateUA of the loss. The loss of Optyne opens up the western flank of Avdiivka to potential Russian attacks or…
[ Kherson Front ] Ukrainian commandos landed at the Kinburn Spit in a daring amphibious infiltration
Update from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces launched a special operation in the early morning of 13 November 2022 : to amphibiously land special forces via speedboat from Ochakiv to Kinburn Spit Unfortunately, the speedboats were detected by Russian surveillance technology. The Russian defenders sent a BTR and a BMP to the estimated landing location…