Tag Archives: Ukraine

Today was only day two of the Russian military operation.  And yet, what a day it was!!! First, a quick update on the progress of Russian forces.  Here is a bulletpoint summary for today: Kherson: liberatedNikolaev: fighting taking pace in ...

Today is a major day in the Russian military operation.  Why? Because Russian forces are now on the outskirts of many major Ukrainian cities.  If yesterday was “standoff weapons” day, today is the first day when Russian forces can now begin ...

By Pepe Escobar, posted with the author’s permission and cross-posted with The Cradle. This is what happens when a bunch of ragged hyenas, jackals and tiny rodents poke The Bear: a new geopolitical order is born in breathtaking speed. From ...

Russia has taken out Ukraine’s air defenses and airforce with a series of precision attacks, the country’s Defense Ministry has said in a statement, after airports and runways across the country were rocked by explosions. Officials also claimed on Thursday morning that Ukrainian border ...

All the glorious wannabe defenders of the Independent Ukraine are all on the run.  Literally.  Rumors include that airlines are not insured to fly in Ukie airspace, over 30 oligarchs have already evacuated in their private jets, western embassies are ...

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is visiting Moscow.  She met with Lavrov.  The meeting failed to produce anything.  Considering that Truss is this genius who rides around in tanks but does not know that the Baltic States are not on the Black Sea, ...

Fun headlines for CNN: US and Ukraine at odds over threat of Russian invasionUS and UK embassy withdrawals were a “mistake,” says Ukrainian president What??  Is that really CNN? It is. Furthermore, there are reports that Biden and Ze had ...

Dear friends, This is going to be the last, tenth, open thread on the topic of the escalation in the eastern Ukraine (unless, of course, the attack actually happens, at which point I will probably reopen an open thread again). ...

The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People’s Militia of the Republic it was linked with the recent visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “At all positions visited ...