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The Ukrainian counteroffensive is taking heavy losses. In this one section of the front FIVE Leopard tanks and two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles have been turned into scrap metal. Moon of Alabama argues that at some point soon Ukraine will be forced to negotiate
War is a horrific business as this linked video illustrates. It shows what Western arms and ordnance are helping to sustain. Warning: graphic video link
The long-awaited Ukrainian Spring counteroffensive has begun but it appears to be have run into difficulty and suffered heavy casualties
Two former US Special Forces soldiers who have been training Ukrainian troops paint a grim picture of the state of the army there
Are top officials leaving their posts because the Biden administration is heading for the rocks? Or are they concerned that plans are afoot that will seriously, perhaps irrevocably damage US relations with Russia and China?
A few days ago Biden revealed plans to train Ukrainian pilots for the F-16s. However, as Moon of Alabama explains, this may be part of a longer-term plan and the pilots may have already started training weeks ago
Moon of Alabama and Gilbert Doctorow examine some of the disinformation spouted by the Western media and politicians
Moon of Alabama cuts through the lies, disinformation and propaganda to reveal how the Patriot missiles systems REALLY performed against Russian hypersonic missiles
The arrest comes at a critical point for Pakistan’s economy. Behind the scene U.S. and China are wrestling for influence.
By his own admission, President Putin had avoided killing Zelensky, even though it would have shortened the war and Russia had the means to do so. The drone attack on the Kremlin may now change that.
One western diplomat in Kyiv described a “surreal parallel experience” as Ukrainian diplomats “discuss potential negotiations one evening” and then “shout that there can be no talks with Russia” in public the next day.