“The Russians are absolutely winning this war, and the Ukrainians are losing … dramatically. As the financial crisis here in the United States worsens … as the economy tanks … the harder it becomes to continues to pump resources into Ukraine”
The head of the Wagner military contractors, Evgeniy Prigozhin argues that the elites in Russia are in collusion with the Western elite. We reserve judgement and leave readers to decide on his claims
“Putin is not in danger of being overthrown,” says Mark Beissinger, professor of politics at Princeton University. “But he is getting older, and as dictators age, those with ambitions try to position themselves to potentially fill the gap left by the leader’s death.” That’s where Yevgeny Prigozhin comes in
Brian Berlectic explains why the expected Ukrainian Spring counter-offensive has yet to materialise and why the West’s military industrial complex is unable to go toe-to-toe with Russia
According to this analysis, the Ukrainians sustained heavy losses on Thursday April 27. Including 3 S-300 anti aircraft systems, an M-777 system and over 400 soldiers
Douglas Macgregor explains why the long-awaited Ukrainian counter-offensive has yet to materialize and why the situation on the ground looks increasingly dire for Ukraine
While the US has been boycotting Russia and arming Ukraine, and thereby prolonging the conflict Moscow argues, China has been working toward a political settlement of the crisis. Moon of Alabama explains that those efforts may be about to bear fruit
The leaders in Kiev are behaving like depraved junkies, totally dependent on the West to keep sending money and weapons. But there is a problem. The US and NATO have exhausted their stocks of weapons and ammunition and do not have the industrial base in place to quickly produce replacements. Larry Johnson explains
More incisive commentary on the situation in Ukraine from Douglas Macgregor
This is about far more than Russia’s draft legislation. All the indications suggest that Moscow is preparing for a much wider conflict
Behind closed doors, the Biden administration worries about what the Ukrainian ‘counteroffensive’ can accomplish.
In effect, the Kremlin will see this as meaning that the West is preparing to use nuclear weapons in the conflict over Ukraine