Category: Russia

Russia is abandoning Kherson and repositioning on the East bank of the Dnipro river hoping to entice Ukraine to attack by trying to force a crossing. Ukraine is probably too smart to take this bait.

Russian desperation over the failing war in Ukraine has them forming “Blocking Detachments” to apprehend and execute army deserters in a policy that has its roots in the USSR fighting Nazi Germany in WWII.

Kim Jong-un has been providing weapons to Russian President Vladimir Putin for use in his illegal war against Russia.

The relatively low rate of casualties among Russian officers speaks volumes about the failings of the Russian army in Ukraine

The routine downing of a Russian helicopter tells us a couple of things about the Russian military and Russia still has problems with getting its cruise missile inventory.

The Red Ball Express was a microcosm of the larger Black American experience during World War II. Prompted by the Pittsburgh Courier, an influential Black newspaper at the time, Black Americans rallied behind the Double V campaign during the war, which aimed to secure victory over fascism abroad and victory over racism at home.

The United States and European countries continue to pledge their support to Ukraine as Russia’s invasion drags on into its ninth month – and have backed their alliance with recurrent deliveries of advanced weaponry and money.

The war in Ukraine is helping one country achieve its foreign policy and national security objectives, but it’s neither Russia nor Ukraine.

Russia is building a new ground-based laser facility for interfering with satellites orbiting overhead, according to a recent report in The Space Review. The basic idea would be to dazzle the optical sensors of other nations’ spy satellites by flooding them with laser light.

A Marine and former CIA Intelligence Officer gives us his assessment of the 6 major mistakes the Russians have made in invading Ukraine.

The Cold War relationship between the two rival nations was often tense. Once, it led to the threat of nuclear war breaking out because Russia wanted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, very close to the U.S. That brought the world to the brink of what would have been a catastrophic conflict.

Over the weekend, the Ukrainian Army focused on taking advantage of their Donetsk push as they moved forward to the Bakhmut region in the Northeastern part of the Ukraine-Russia border.