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[ 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…
Remembrance Day Sunday Service 2022 at Kranji War Memorial
At the invitation by the British High Commission Singapore to Defense Politics Asia (media invitation), DPA had agreed to attend the 2022’s Remembrance Day service at the Kranji War Cemetery to pay tribute to all who laid their lives so that the generations after them could live in peace. The event is held by the…
[ Bakhmut Front ] Russia’s Wagner PMC continue offensives at Bakhmut Front; Ukrainian counterattacks
Update from the Bakhmut Front: Wagner PMC forces after not much action was reported for the past 2-3 days at the Bakhmut Front sprang back to life as they restart their offensive across the entire front. Ukrainian forces counterattack in the area of Opytne and Kurdyumivka in response. Fighting is ongoing. Full Report:
[ Donetsk Front Analysis ] Russian breakthrough at Vodyane would jeopardise Vuhledar
Update from Donetsk Front: Russian forces continues their major offensive SW of Donetsk City with heavy fighting reported at Preschystivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar, Vodyane, Novomykhailivka and Marinka regions. The most important contact point is likely to be the position at Vodyane. Should the Ukrainian lose their position at Vodyane, it will open up multitude of options…
[ Kherson Offensive ] Ukraine not giving up on Kherson Offensive towards Beryslav & Nova Kakhovka
Update from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces continues to push at the Kherson Front attacking in what resembles a pincer movement, to break through down the road towards Beryslav. However, they had not managed to break the Russian defenses for weeks and the situation is starting to look precarious. Full Report:
[ Donetsk Front ] Russia launched major assault on Vuhledar and Pavlivka
Update from the Vuhledar region in Donetsk: Russian forces launched an early morning attack on the 29th Oct 2022, against Vuhledar and Pavlivka. Heavy artillery hits the Ukrainian lines while suicide drones took out Ukrainian SAM systems located west of Vuhledar. With the SAMs taken out, Russian air force operated freely to disrupt any reinforcements…
LIFELINE FOR LEBANON: Israel and Lebanon signs the Maritime Border Deal mediated by United States
The Maritime Border Deal, which aims to resolve the 860-square-kilometer maritime dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean between Israel and Lebanon, which do not have diplomatic relations, was finalized on October 11, 2022, under the US mediation led by special energy envoy Amos Hochstein. According to the published text of the Maritime Border Deal, entire Karish…
Russia conducts strategic nuclear strike exercise; air land sea launches of ICBM & cruise missiles
Russia conducts a major nuclear strategic deterrence exercise with the launch of ICBMs and cruise missiles form Russia’s nuclear triad between 26-28 October 2022. The exercise is overseen by Russian President, Vladimir Putin himself and the Defense Minister of Russia, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu. The training objective is to simulate the delivery of…
[ Svatove Front ] Ukraine launched massive offensive towards Svatove; Heaviest fighting at Kuzemivka
Quick Update from the Svatove Front: Ukrainian forces continues their push towards Svatove as fighting is reported across the entire front – at Kyslivka, Tabaivka, Berestove, Kuzemivka and from the direction of Lozova. The heaviest fighting of them is the fighting at Kuzemivka, where the Russian Ministry of Defense reported up to 500 Ukrainian troops…
[ Kreminna Front ] Russia recaptured Makiivka & Novosadove; fighting at Terny, Yampolivka & Torske
Quick Update from the Lyman-Kreminna Front: Russian forces launched a major counter attack against the Ukrainian forces in the Lyman-Kreminna region, and managed to recapture Makiivka and Novosadova. Heavy fighting is now reported at Terny, Yampolivka and Torske, all the settlements along the Zherebets River. Pro-Russia source, Boris Rozhin reported that the Ukrainian launched a…
Xi Jinping’s 3rd Term will be his toughest
This is a 3-part youtube video series as we investigate the true extent of the challenges facing Xi Jinping – the de facto modern-day Emperor of China as he go into his 3rd term as the President of China despite the 2 terms term limit. However, as we enter his 3rd term, it promises to…
[ Opinion + Projection ] 3 places Russia could deploy their 300000 troops in Ukraine to win the war
The mobilization and training phase of the entire grand 300,000 army from the Russian partial-mobilization is about to come to conclusion – and we will soon be seeing the entire 300,000 force deployed in Ukraine within a month. But where would Russia use these troops? How would Russia’s strategy be like should they open a…
[ Donetsk Front + Analysis ] Both sides launch attacks along the frontline; Defense-in-Depth is DEEP
Breaking news from the Donetsk Front: Russia continue to push and put pressure on the Ukrainian defense at Marinka, Pobjeda and Novomykhailivka – something that Russia had been trying months, but to little progress. Ukraine in return, launched their own offensives, in the area of Novomykhailivka, Slavne and Mykilske. However the attack reportedly also had…
[ Svatove Front + Analysis ] Ukrainian forces breakthrough and secured bridgehead at Makiivka
Breaking news from the Svatove-Kreminna Front: Ukraine finally captured a bridgehead at Makiivka after struggled to get past the Russian defense line along the Zherebets River. This comes after the clearing up of the bad weathers that had plagued the battlefield for the past few days; disallowing both sides to deploy their UAVs to scout…
[ Kupyansk Front ] Russia launches counteroffensive towards Dvorichna; capturing Horobivka
Breaking news from the Kupyansk Front: Russia have launched a counteroffensive from Tavilzhanka towards Dvorichna direction and had successfully captured Horobivka after days of softening the Ukrainian forces in the region via artillery and airstrikes. Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported fighting at Dvorichna (which is likely to just mean the entire region east of the…
[ Kherson Offensive ] Massive Ukrainian attack thwarted after drone strikes on SAMs; Russia counter
Breaking news from the Kherson Front: According pro-Russian sources, Ukraine launched a major offensive towards the Dudchany-Mylove-Sukhanove line. The attack starts with heavy bombardment from Ukrainian artillery firing from Petropavlivka, with fast moving mobile special forces troops leading the vanguard. They are then followed by mechanized and armor forces, which will take advantage of the…
[ Lyman Front ] Ukrainian forces clashes with Russian forces at Novosadove, Terny and Torske
Breaking news from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces continue their assault on Novosadove and Terny to recapture the settlements along the eastern bank of the Zherebets River. Heavy fighting is reported at the contested town of Torske. Reinforcement reportedly arrived to the front from both sides, while Ukrainian reinforcement and reserves are reported at Lyman.…
[ Kherson Offensive ] Ukraine forces attack in 6 directions; Russia counterattacked at 2 locations
Breaking news from the Kherson Front: Ukrainian forces continues their assault in the Kherson Offensive against 5 different locations: Kostromka, Ishchenka, Bezvodne, Pyatykhatky and Dudchany. Russian forces reportedly launch their own attack towards Sukhyi Stavok and Nova Kamyanka, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Fighting is also reported at Pravdyne in the Mykolaiv Front with…
