Category: Russia

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.

Since the war began in February this year, we’ve seen the stark divide between Ukrainian and Russian military leadership.

Despite the very limited damage, these Iranian-built drones are capable of inflicting, Ukraine will have a very hard time effectively countering them in the near future for various reasons, not the least of which is the cost of Counter UAS systems.

The Justice Department charged nine people in New York and Connecticut for being part of a network that illegally procures US tech for the Russian military.

Russia’s making mistakes all over, and they’re doing it together with Iran this time.

After Russia declared that they had legally “annexed” the four regions “contested” by Ukrainians, State Duma deputy Alexander Tolmachev participated in an online poll asking if Americans are willing to migrate to Russia to show solidarity with the nation.

Ukraine is now looking into acquiring the Indian co-developed SAM system to counter the Russian missile rain in recent weeks.

Belarus has opened its doors to Russian troops as it aims to signal its support for Putin in this war.