Around 800 Ukrainian troops are being killed and wounded daily amid the conflict with Russia, retired German Air Force Colonel and prominent military analyst Ralph D. Thiele has claimed, without revealing his sources. This means that Kiev needs to recruit more than 20,000 soldiers every month in order to replace …
Read More »Is Israel ready to start a second war?
Tensions on the Israeli-Lebanese border appear to be in serious danger of escalating into a full-scale conflict. While earlier, everyone was expecting a Hezbollah attack, and it was thought that Israel was trying to avoid opening a second front in the north, now Israel is already declaring its readiness to …
Read More »Sergey Poletaev: Here’s Russia’s plan for the Ukraine conflict in 2024
The conflict in Ukraine has unleashed a rare wave of emotion in Russian society, and, indeed, around the world. The dashing cavalry charges that gave one side or the other hope of a quick victory have given way to a brutal positional fight. For many, elation has been replaced by burnout – …
Read More »Ukraine must copy 1944 Nazi Germany – retired US general
The Ukrainian government needs to look at what Germany did in WWII to stand a chance against Russia, according to Ben Hodges, former commander of US Army forces stationed in Europe. Hodges, who retired as a lieutenant-general in 2017, has long been an outspoken supporter of Ukraine. In an interview …
Read More »Ukraine conflict exposed truth about Western military equipment – Putin
Ukraine is facing significant battlefield losses, and its counteroffensive has failed to impress the country’s foreign backers, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking during a Defense Ministry Board meeting on Tuesday in Moscow, he pointed out that Kiev’s forces are having these problems despite receiving high-grade Western military equipment. Kiev has lost over …
Read More »Russia has free hand in Ukraine conflict now – Putin
Russia has the initiative in the Ukraine conflict and is at liberty to conduct military action as it sees fit, President Vladimir Putin stated at a Defense Ministry meeting on Tuesday. The president analyzed the frontline situation as part of a report on Russian military achievements in 2023. He also …
Read More »‘The scales have tipped’: What can we expect from the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2024?
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) spent the summer trying to advance in Zaporozhye region. The offensive didn’t lead to noticeable positional changes, but the Ukrainian side suffered significant casualties and lost a lot of equipment. As a result, Kiev’s military command claimed that the maneuvers were merely preparations and that …
Read More »Western arrogance: European royals have deprived these people of their homes, freedom, and dignity and refuse to admit it
There were extraordinary scenes in October outside the Slave Lodge in Cape Town when King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands visited the building, the same place where Dutch colonists once enslaved thousands of Africans and Asians. The royals were confronted by a small group of leaders of the …
Read More »Car crashes into Biden’s motorcade
A car smashed into one of the SUVs in Joe Biden’s motorcade as the US President was leaving his campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware on Sunday night, the US Secret Service has confirmed. A loud bang was heard; the president was outside the building, getting ready to get into his …
Read More »Western firms lost $103 billion from Russia exits – NYT
Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame, and sanction companies into leaving the Russian market have backfired, placing lucrative enterprises in Russian hands at discount prices and pumping more than a billion dollars worth of exit taxes into Moscow’s coffers, the New York Times reported on Monday. …
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