Russia
Feb. 21, 08:16
Targets for blame include – so far – bad Russian air traffic control, Russian friendly fire, tricky Ukrainians deploying advanced missiles close to the fighting line, and stupid Kremlin generals.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 19, 16:05
Kremlin paratroopers and tanks over the weekend grabbed back part of the minimal gains managed by the Ukrainian army during its unsuccessful 2023 summer offensive.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 16, 14:14
Battles were in progress deeper inside the city. Reports disagreed on how much longer hard-pressed Ukrainian forces could hold out, but most reported a massive Russian firepower advantage.
Aviation
Feb. 15, 16:28
The era of the Russian Air Force dropping just dumb bombs may be in the past, but Kremlin airmen still seem to prefer saturating a target and not worrying too much about misses.
Drones
Feb. 14, 15:04
The 4,000-ton amphibious assault ship went down offshore next to a densely populated seaside resort. It was the fifth Russian warship – of that type – sunk by Kyiv.
Drones
Feb. 13, 16:02
The Pentagon idea is to use cheap air-to-ground rockets first designed in World War II to undercut masses of Iranian drones. The news is the system is in Ukraine and it looks like it worked.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 12, 15:42
A Russian mil-blogger said of the fierce fighting in Avdiivka, where Moscow’s troops are trying to close a pincer on the Ukrainian salient: “You can’t hold a front with just bodies.”
Zelensky
Feb. 10, 09:06
All five used innovative tactics to win critical battles and led some of the AFU’s most-respected units to victory. Zelensky’s idea is to promote charismatic field commanders to top army jobs.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 8, 17:09
Ukraine’s 21st Mechanized Infantry Brigade is the sole formation operating the vehicle, deploying it to months of combat in the eastern Bakhmut and north-eastern Kupyansk sectors.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 7, 16:31
The numbers behind future US military assistance to Ukraine – if Congress ever approves it – seem pretty straightforward, but there’s a lot of fine print in H.R. 815.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 6, 05:00
Moscow says its troops are definitely winning in Avdiivka, and Kyiv says its forces are killing the Kremlin’s soldiers left and right. The reality seems to be the battle could still go either way.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 4, 15:24
The Battle of Novomykhailivka was important because it confirmed that yes, in Ukraine we are witnessing a military technological revolution. Right now.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 4, 12:41
The row centers on a disastrous Russian armored assault earlier in the week in which a large column of Moscow’s tanks were decimated by cheap Ukrainian FPV drones.
War in Ukraine
Feb. 4, 09:00
A Q&A following your questions about Stefan Korshak's recent visit to the training base of the Belarusian unit, The Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment.
Russia
Feb. 2, 14:37
Russian commanders had big hopes for tank-tipped assault and backed it with smoke trucks, air strikes and heavy flame throwers. Cheap Ukrainian kamikaze drones cut the attack to pieces.
Russia
Feb. 1, 18:53
Details are still coming in but Thursday may have been the most ambitious and complex Ukrainian air strike of the war so far. Both sides say Kyiv’s airmen returned to base safely.
Zelensky
Jan. 31, 17:16
Kyiv Post asked AFU service members about reports President Zelensky might sack, or possibly already has sacked, their commander Valery Zaluzhny. Soldiers said that would be a really bad idea.
Drones
Jan. 31, 16:51
Running out of later model tanks and artillery guns, the Kremlin is turning to museum piece replacements while Russian soldiers jury-rig new hybrid weapons. Their big fear: Ukrainian drone swarms.
Drones
Jan. 31, 08:43
Yes, drones are flying around in the Russo-Ukraine war using artificial intelligence to attack things. But it’s more like a cheap aircraft from Target with a bomb zip-tied to it, than a Terminator.
Tanks
Jan. 29, 17:06
Currently hobbyist drones rigged to carry explosives are the critical weapons holding the line against Russia on the Ukrainian battlefield, not big-ticket western military tech.