Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
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…
Read More[ 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read More[ 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…
Read More[ 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…
Read More[ 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:
Read More[ 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…
Read More[ 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:
Read More[ 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…
Read MoreRussia 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…
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