Russia

Read our latest thoughts on what is going on in Ukraine today, from Ukraine going over to the offensive, to Russia losing another two flag rank officers in the last two days.

(Editor’s Note: The U.S. Air Force operates the largest fleet of aircraft in the world, but there are sources that claim the Navy may operate more “aircraft” when UAV are included in these numbers, especially the smaller MQ-11 drones which the Marine Corps flies.) Russia and the US have stood as world superpowers for decades. […]

We didn’t predict Russia would invade Ukraine, but we did predict that sanctions would not deter him, that invasion was not “imminent” in January and that it would fail if Russia departed from sound military doctrine. We were proven right in all those things.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock since January, you know Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have gone crazy. He invades Ukraine with about two-thirds of the army he needs to do the job during the mud season. Armored columns pushing toward Kyiv stuck on the roads getting shot to Hell and Gone, Russian […]

Putin has put out the call for Syrian soldiers to come to Russia to fight in the invasion of Ukraine. Here is why we think he is doing this.

@If there was a great historical example of how effective snipers can be in doing psychological damage to an invading force, it was shown in the movie, Enemy at the Gates. Did you know one of the most accomplished snipers in the world was a Russian woman born in Ukraine? Her name was Lyudmila Mikhailovna […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has kicked off a proxy war that has western ideologies of the US, Europe, and the UK, battling authoritarian ideologies of Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China. Putin sees weak political leadership in America, and it’s not just Biden. Democracies are always at a functional disadvantage against authoritarian states initially because […]

The Global Surgical Medical Support Group is heading for Ukraine. Among its staff of doctors and nurses are military veterans trained in emergency trauma first aid.

Widespread reports of Russian troops surrendering or abandoning operational equipment and just walking away may be due to the way the Russian Army fills its ranks with conscripts.

An organization here in the U.S. is collecting body armor and other kit to send to Ukraine. Do you want to help?

First, there were the Javelins and the NLAWs. But there’s another not-so-secret weapon wreaking havoc on the invading Russian forces in Ukraine, and that is the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 armed drone.

As Russia continues to bomb civilian areas across Ukraine, groups and individuals from around the globe are rushing towards the sound of gunfire to help. They will serve in a newly created “International Legion.” One such person is a forty-year-old French-Canadian computer scientist known by the nom de guerre of “Wali.” ** One of the world’s […]