The Russian Army Death Cult
This author has watched thirty YouTube videos of Russian soldiers committing suicide. This has been possible thanks to the revolution that has taken place on...
Tag : Ukraine
Chinese Banks Threaten Putin’s War
It is cast as an ‘unbreakable friendship’. In reality, Moscow is a supplicant to Beijing whose most important relationship lies with Washington. In 2023, notwithstanding...
FPV drones are defining the battlefield
At the end of January 2024 a Russian company from 33rd Motor Rifle Regiment set off to attack in the area of Novomikhailovka, South-West of...
The loss of the first Abrams
On 26 February, Russian forces west of Avdiivka destroyed the first M1A1 Abrams tank of the war. Like the loss of the first Challenger 2...
Why the war will end: Ukraine
At the end of 2023, Ukrainian author Yan Valetov wrote. ‘This war cannot be ended, because the Russians will not have the strength to destroy...
“Are We Ready for War?” A Book Review
Britons dismayed by nearly incessant reports regarding the plight of their armed forces understandably have been fretting about the state of their military and whether...
Navy of Drones
On the night of 16-17 September 2022, a small team of Ukrainian naval personnel and scientists released twelve marine drones into the water at a...
What to expect if you are captured by Russian forces
The British Army began formal conduct after capture training following the Korean War (1950-53). At the end of the conflict as many as 12,733 allied...
How did Russian defence industry perform in 2023?
Wars are good for domestic defence industry – or should be. President Putin’s ‘special military operation’ has reversed this rule. In 2022 it was possible...
The Urban Warfare Debate, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and the Bakhmut Conundrum
In the professional military community, a major debate has been raging over the past several years, with occasional academics also weighing in on the subject:...