Hello everybody! Trying to disentangle all the contradictions regarding the situations in the Sloviansk- and Siversk-areas…and still sad over the Russia-instigated massacre in Vinnitsya… thus, this summary came together ‘by sheer accident’. Might take a few days off now, until the situation clears, though. STRATEGIC Washington and Warsaw have met…

Hello everybody! I’m ‘late’ today because, on multiple requests, have reviewed several of lauded social-media-appearances offering ‘military analysis’. Correspondingly, today I’ll offer slightly more ‘analysis’ than usually, too. For the start, let me address the question many are asking me about: what is the Ukrainian strategy? In this regards, think…

Good morning everybody! The exchange of blows is going on — with the note that the overly centralised Russian chain of command, using archaic communication systems, is now decidedly at the disadvantage. So much so, after the loss of some 30+ ammunition and POL-dumps, plus at least five command centres…

Hello everybody, There is quite an exchange of blows in Ukraine, the last few days: seemingly, the Russians are trying to retain initiative, or to stop developing Ukrainian counteroffensives. AIR/MISSILE WARFARE Keystone Cops claim their Su-35s and MiG-31BMs have shot down two Su-25s in the Mykolaiv region, on 8 July…

Good morning everybody! A note for my readers on Medium.com: I’m not unkind, but having growing problems trying to answer all the questions. No idea why, for days already, simply can’t open more than the first few answers, and when I click on ‘reply’, that part of the screen turns…

Good morning everybody! These days, I’m getting lots of questions about relations between the Zelensky Administration, the Minister of Defence, Commander-in-Chief, and Chief-of-GenStab Ukraine. Up front, I should observe I’ve got no contacts there, and I’m still reading myself into this topic. Should mean: I’m entirely clueless about this topic…

Good morning everybody! Lots of things going on, the last few days, thus let me get straight to the point. Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s spox, repeated his master’s conditions for an end of the war: essentially, these are insistent on an Ukrainian capitulation and disarmament, without anything in return. Mykhailo Podoliak…

Good morning everybody! Well, it’s not that much of a ‘morning’ any more — especially not in Ukraine: it took me longer than expected to cross-check reports from the Lysychansk area. AIR/MISSILE WAR The VKS continues its campaign of ‘high-precision missile strikes’ on Ukraine. AFAIK, it deployed some 200 Kh-22s…

Good morning everybody! After a short break, back to summarising what happened in Ukraine of the last four days. AIR/MISSILE WAR A Russian Su-25 was shot down near Sloviansk, on 24 June, and another claimed shot down a day later. This morning, there are reports that the next VKS Su-25…