T-90Ms are appearing on the Eastern front – what is the threat?
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February the T-90M was the best but also rarest tank in the Russian operational fleet. Catastrophic tank losses –...
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Prigozhin opens a window into Wagner’s world
Wagner private military company (PMC) founder and boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has gained many epithets over the course of the war. Most recently he has been...
The War in Ukraine, one year on. What to read?
This combined book review seeks to cover some of the more impactful and useful of the recent releases...
Can the war end where it started – in the Donbass?
In his end-of-year address Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted the motto of the year was: ‘We don’t leave our own’. The slogan originated in the...
May the farce be with you: the assault on Vodyane village
In mid-January 2023 a separatist militia force attempted to assault and capture the village of Vodyane, West of Donetsk City. This was supported by a...
Russian combat aircraft production sustained despite sanctions
The invasion of Ukraine on 24 February provoked ‘swift and severe’ retaliatory sanctions against Russia – as President Biden had warned. Russia’s defence industry was...
Armata – the story is over
When the T-14 Armata tank was sensationally unveiled at the 9 May Victory Day parade, in 2015, it embarrassingly broke down in front of thousands...
Anatomy of a Russian Army village assault
At the end of December 2022 a set of discarded Russian Army orders found near the village of Kyselivka in Kherson Oblast was passed to...
A tank is not a howitzer
What has happened to the Russian tank fleets? Ukrainian commander of combined tactical group ‘Adam’ Yevhen Mezhevikin, a twice decorated Hero of Ukraine and People’s...
From aspiration to reality: updating UK defence policy for 2023
The momentous geopolitical and economic events of 2022 posed fundamental challenges to UK defence policy. The Government set out its defence priorities in the Integrated...