Europe
2d ago
Trump told Time America is picking up almost the entire tab to support Ukraine and cheapskate Europe won’t pay up. The reality is the US is pretty clearly in second place.
War in Ukraine
May. 1, 17:41
Key takeaways you should learn from Avdiivka to get a balanced, realistic update on the war in Ukraine.
Crimea
Apr. 30, 15:34
News platforms said it was the long-range version of the US weapon but there was no early Kyiv confirmation. It may have been Ukraine’s most ambitious ballistic missile strike of the war so far.
Apr. 29, 17:52
An Iranian airliner flew right through the middle of it, followed by two Royal Air Force Typhoons. Over the Black Sea, the Americans flew their very best spy drone for the first time.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 26, 17:21
At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the Kremlin’s ignorance of radiation danger at Chornobyl stood out as a prime example of Moscow military bumbling. It still does.
US
Apr. 25, 18:00
Moscow-friendly mil-bloggers mostly predicted the US-made missiles will hit air defenses in Crimea, but some Kremlin-run major media said the Russian Federation itself is ATACMS’ next target.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 25, 13:10
Three months after General Syrsky took overall command Ukraine’s soldiers are still fighting backfooted, hitting Russia with fierce losses but losing ground. That may be the plan.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 23, 15:43
A few Russian milbloggers said the Ukrainian line was smashed and Kremlin troops are advancing unopposed. That turns out to be fake news. On Tuesday neither side owned the village.
Black Sea Fleet
Apr. 22, 19:37
Commented Ukraine Naval Forces official spokesman Dmitro Pletenchuk of the hit on Kommuna: “This will keep happening until the Russians run out of ships.”
Tanks
Apr. 19, 14:40
The Kremlin’s up-armored T-72 tank looked like a mobile barn which Ukrainian drone operators decided not to attack, instead concentrating on the other armored vehicles it was leading.
Crimea
Apr. 17, 14:35
Russian milbloggers said that US-made ATACMS missiles were used in a damaging attack against Dzhankoi airfield. Kyiv Post research confirmed ballistic missiles of some kind struck the base.
US
Apr. 17, 07:42
Some reports had suggested the outspoken supporter of the Kremlin’s takeover of east Ukraine had died at the hands of Kyiv assassins, or maybe even in a local mobster contract hit.
China
Apr. 15, 15:28
As Kyiv’s troops suffer from shortages of artillery and air defense ammunition, Ukrainian FPV pilots continue to rack up impressive numbers of kills.
F-16
Apr. 12, 13:00
In a critical, large-scale donation of modern weaponry to Ukraine’s hard-pressed armed forces, Oslo will hand over to Kyiv 22 F-16 fighter jets, a major Norwegian news platform reported on Thursday.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 11, 15:42
The Kremlin is ruthlessly exploiting Kyiv’s critical shortage of Patriot air interceptor missiles: Russian ballistic and “hypersonic” missiles on Thursday got through to targets mostly unscathed.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 9, 15:47
Evacuating the high-tech tank out of no-man’s-land took three days and at one point soldiers had to carry a 70 kg tank battery more than a kilometer.
US
Apr. 8, 15:37
Kyiv’s capacity to combat Moscow’s long-range glide bombs is iffy and it might be getting worse. The US Patriot system would work great if there were missiles.
War in Ukraine
Apr. 5, 15:03
Plane-Spotting NATO’s Logistics Hub for Ukraine – Little Polish Airport, Lots of Big US Cargo Planes
It’s purely speculative that all the C-5 Galaxies, C-17 Globemasters and 747-400s thudding down at Rzeszów are loaded with artillery ammo. But clearly Washington is seriously behind the operation.
Armed Forces of Ukraine
Apr. 3, 19:41
Europe and the US have huge plans for future production, but the critical bit is that it will be at least a month before emergency buys like this Greek ammo reach Kyiv’s gunners in quantity.