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|February 20, 2022 – The story of the Ukraine-Russia crisis does not begin in 2021, or 2014. It begins in the 9th century. There was a time when the two countries were one. There was a time when Ukraine gave its nuclear arsenal to Russia. Palki Sharma Upadhyay will tell you why Putin wants Ukraine.
February 28, 2022 – RUSSIA could unleash a “ruthless” and “indiscriminate” bombing campaign on Ukraine as Vladimir Putin’s invasion stalls, warned defense secretary Ben Wallace. The former soldier warned the Russian offensive – which is entering its fifth day – could become even more violent as Putin’s forces find themselves humiliatingly bogged down across their frontline. Mr. Wallace said that Russia’s forces are “strung out” and “behind schedule” as they face a tough Ukrainian resistance. The much larger and supposedly better armed Russian army has found itself grinding to a halt and making slow progress.
Ukraine claims it has killed, captured or incapacitated 5,300 soldiers, destroyed 151 tanks, blown up 816 armored vehicles, and shot down 58 warplanes and helicopters. It is believed the invasion is costing Russia at least £15billion a day – and it could totally fail unless Putin make significant progress within ten days. It could see Moscow left without enough cash to prop up the invasion. Pictures show the utterly devastating impacts of what had long been warned to potentially become Putin’s very own Vietnam War – a slow, costly, grinding defeat. Burned out Russian vehicles and dead soldiers have been seen scattered across Ukraine. And there have also been reports of Putin’s tanks running out fuel and other supplies as Moscow was stunned by the level of fightback by Kyiv.
March 2, 2022 – Ukraine is under attack. On February 24th, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a “special military operation,” but the scale of the attack shows this is a full-scale war that has already caused more than 100 casualties and forced more than half a million Ukrainians to flee their homes.
Ukraine and Russia’s conflict goes back to 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea and Russian-backed separatist forces took over parts of southeastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. But to understand the full context behind the invasion, it’s important to go even farther back, to the time when Europe’s current-day divisions began, and see how that shaped Europe’s power balance today.
March 15, 2022 – John explores historical and political context to understand what caused the Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine, and how we arrived at this awful now. The official language of Ukraine is Ukrainian. “National languages” as a phrase was confusing. I should’ve just said that 30% of Ukrainians speak Russian as their first language.
Also, the etymology of “Ukraine” is not settled as “borderlands.” Many Ukrainian linguists argue that the etymology of Ukraine comes from words meaning “In My Land,” not “borderlands.” Thirdly, I misspelled Kyiv as Kiev. If I made further mistakes, let me know and I’ll amend here.
April 3, 2022 – Retired Gen. Wesley Clark discusses Putin’s next move after withdrawing many Russian forces away from Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv.
May 31, 2022 – What caused the Russo-Ukrainian War? We tackle that question in four phases. First, we examine the substantive reasons Russia invaded Ukraine. Second, I explain why those reasons are collectively a half-cause for war. Third, we switch gears to discuss bargaining problems. Finally, we investigate what each of these explanations implies for how the war will end.
00:00 Outline
01:19 Separatist Regions
03:54 Crimean Land Bridge
05:02 Russian Irredentism
06:42 East-West Rivalry
07:49 Energy
09:36 Water
10:34 Nazis
12:20 Substantive Explanations Are Half-Causes
12:54 Visualizing War’s Expected Outcome (LINES ON MAPS)
14:21 Costs Incentivize Bargaining
15:09 Bargaining over Oil
17:00 Bargaining over Autonomy
17:34 Why War Is Puzzling
18:52 Preventive War and Shifting Power
21:00 Preemptive War and First Strikes
24:20 Uncertainty and Miscalculation
26:24 Rational, Unitary Actor Explanations for War
27:05 Irrationality
29:39 Personal Benefits
31:28 Substantive Cases and War Termination
32:57 Leadership Change
36:36 Stopping Power Shifts
39:52 Information Convergence
42:29 Endgame
September 28, 2022 – Where to go from the war when renting a house in a relatively safe place is too expensive? As an option – to look for housing in depressed villages, where there are many old empty houses. It is even profitable for their owners that someone heats the old building and takes care of it. hromadske visited such village in Lviv region, which can be reached in an hour and a half by bus from the regional center.
In some places, the roads are dotted with large pits. Due to the lack of work, young people leave the village and fewer and fewer children are born. There are only 400 residents left, so they even had to close the village school. But this summer, immigrants began to move here – to the old empty houses offered by the locals. See how the newly arrived people from the South and East of Ukraine live there in the report of Mariana Pietsukh.
December 20, 2022 – Back in February of 2022, there was one certainty that united both the Kremlin and defense experts in the Pentagon. If it came to a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine would lose. For those of us who support Ukraine, such a thing is painful to even think about.
Yet it’s precisely because it’s such an unwelcome thought that we need to consider it. Because, as we’re about to see, a Putin victory won’t come about all on its own. It would take a series of strategic missteps on the part of Ukraine’s backers. Missteps that – hopefully – our leaders will manage to avoid.
December 21, 2022 – “Russia will be in this full scale war fully, and this is something what we have not seen yet.” – Hanno Pevkur, Estonian defense minister. For Russia to launch a ground offensive in the new year, Putin would have to supply more troops to be “fully in” the war.
December 21, 2022 – Former Trump Administration National Security Council Russia expert, Fiona Hill, says Vladimir Putin is as determined as ever to conquer Ukraine on his own terms and that he may see reports of Russia’s battlefield losses only as Western propaganda and disinformation. Hill told DW’s Sarah Kelly that Putin had not changed his goals of defeating Ukraine and that another ground offensive, including against the capital Kyiv is possible—even if Russian casualties continue to mount.
The former top White House expert on Russia said that Putin has still “got his sights on the capitulation of Ukraine, one way or another … if he thinks having another go at Kyiv would be successful, then he will certainly try that.” Hill, who testified during Donald Trump’s first impeachment on withheld US military aid to Ukraine and Trump’s phone call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, spoke to DW’s Sarah Kelly from Washington for Conflict Zone.
00:00 Intro
00:54 Fiona Hill Welcome
01:35 First attempt on Kyiv & threat to Zelenskyy
01:55 Putin has his sights on capitulation of Ukraine
02:14 Belarus visit with Lukashenko
02:53 Is Putin losing the war?
04:00 Putin willing to sacrifice 300,000 Russian troops
04:40 Can Russia accept loss of Crimea?
05:00 Are Ukrainian “de-occupation” goals realistic?
05:45 Russia’s claims on Ukrainian territory
06:35 US & UK responsibility to Ukraine after nuclear disarmament
07:05 Will Russian people accept a claim of victory?
08:30 Kazakhstan, Armenia, Moldova reassessing Moscow
09:30 Putin’s grip on power and infallibility
10:50 Support from China, India, South Africa
11:40 Don’t count Putin out, but ….
12:05 End of Cold War & Putin’s shifting aim
12:25 2007 Munich Security Conference 12:45 2008 Bucharest NATO summit
13:10 Ukraine doesn’t exist in Putin’s version of history
14:20 Frank-Walter Steinmeier & German trade with Russia
15:10 2014 Annexation of Crimea, World War Two and United Nations General Assembly
16:05 Vladimir Putin has declared war on the West
17:20 EU, NATO, US, Japan, South Korea & annexations
17:40 Poland, Baltic states, Scandinavia, UK understanding of Russia
18:00 US support for Ukraine as 2024 election looms
19:40 Donald Trump’s first impeachment
20:15 January 6th Committee, Trump, & Hunter Biden
21:19 Russian propaganda is gaining traction
21:45 Czar Vladimir and Russia’s Manifest Destiny
22:03 Crimea’s first annexation in 1783
23:20 Don’t give Putin what he wants
23:40 Collapse of Soviet Union
24:05 Putin has turned back clock to the Stalinist 1950s
25:25 Inflection point in European & world history
January 7, 2023 – On this special edition of our program – a timeline of our reports through 2022 on the media dimension of this conflict – from the build-up to the invasion, right through the messaging war and the global media’s news coverage.
January 8, 2023 – Putin bit the bullet: 13 top Russian generals relegated to a post by Kremlin!
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January 11, 2023 – Russia’s Defense Ministry announced yet another realignment of the commanders leading the war in Ukraine, as criticism mounts over its handling of the stalled campaign. It said that General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, would become the overall commander of the campaign, with the current commander, Sergey Surovikin, becoming one of his three deputies. Surovikin was only appointed as the overall commander of what the Kremlin euphemistically calls the “Special Military Operation” in October. In terms of the bureaucratic hierarchy, the announcement is hardly an upheaval. Surovikin already reported to Gerasimov.
January 12, 2023 – Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with the aftermath of the first phase of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Previously we talked about the build-up to the new stage of the Russo-Ukrainian War, how Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continued, and covered events between February 24th and April 7th, as we saw how Ukraine managed to win the first phase of the war. This set up the second phase of the war – battle of Donbas. In the previous video we covered the events of April of 2022, including the sinking of the rocket cruiser Moskva, and how the conflict turned into the war of attrition in May and continued with Russia’s best month in June.
In the video dedicated to July – the 5th month of the war, we talked about the arrival of the HIMARS systems which strengthened Ukrainian positions and changed the war, while this video will focus on the events of August, as we will see how Russian logistics and manpower problems were worsened by the HIMARS strikes, the risk and intrigue around the Zaporizhia (Enerhodar) Nuclear Powerplant and the long expected beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in Kherson. Previously we discussed the Kherson counteroffensive in the first two weeks of September and showed how the Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast – Balakliya-Izium counter-offensive succeeded, pushing the Russians across Oskil and Lyman.
In the second half of September, Ukraine liberated even more territory in Kherson, while this video will talk about the events of the beginning of October, including the attack on the Crimean – Kerch bridge. In the second half of October, positional and attritional warfare continued to dominate, still Ukraine managed to attack the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and the Grain Deal was almost cancelled, while in the beginning of November, Ukraine finally liberated Kherson. In the second half of November, winter took over, making the military operation more difficult, while in the first half of December, the stalemate continued.
January 24, 2023 – Why did Russia miscalculate so badly in its invasion of Ukraine? The answer is more than two decades in the making. Putin’s Persistent and intentional decay of Russia’s institutions made it impossible for Russia’s intelligence community and military to provide quality information to him. Facing the uncertainty—and wagering that it would take a true disaster for it have a deep effect on him personally—Putin pulled the trigger.
00:00 Introduction
02:01 Putin’s Rise to Power
04:54 The FSB Sets the Stage
06:11 How Would the West Respond?
10:20 How Resolved Was Ukraine?
13:59 The Military’s Optimism
19:35 Pravda (The Truth)
25:27 Putin Pulls the Trigger
26:32 Russian Success Was Plausible
26:55 Bad Luck
29:05 Lack of Blowback
30:43 The COVID Pandemic
31:24 Putin’s Illness
35:19 Easter Eggs
The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.
February 3, 2023 – Ukraine Daily Update – Intel Reveals Putin’s Unrealistic Strategy for Ukraine!
February 9, 2023 – New video obtained by CNN shows the Ukrainian military using a precise US artillery shell called the “Excalibur” to strike Russian forces. Then, CNN’s Fred Pleitgen discusses Russia’s global warning if the UK gives Ukraine fighter jets to support their war effort.
February 19, 2023 – After a year of hard fighting there are a rush of observers trying to make sense of the current balance of power in Ukraine. The focus in often on (often small) movements in the frontlines, casualties, or the performance of particular platforms and systems. Those things matter, but wars are not generally fought to take individual trenches or solely to inflict casualties. They are fought for strategic objectives. In this episode I dig into Russia’s history of Empire, its modern strategic objectives, and try to assess whether or not the war in Ukraine represents a success or failure by Russia’s own chosen metrics (as far as they can be determined). My suggestion is that in repeating a number of the mistakes previously made by leaders of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, it can be argued that Putin has already condemned the Russian federation to a strategic reverse. What remains to be seen, is whether Ukraine can win a victory from Russia’s defeat, or if it will be left to lose as well.
February 22, 2023 – New video appears to show Ukrainian paratroopers fend off a night attack by Russian convoys.
February 22, 2023 – Ukraine struck Mariupol | Wagner infighting Russian MoD | Ukraine Update
February 22, 2023 – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves around the world as millions of refugees fled the country, delayed grain shipments magnified a food crisis in Africa, and Russian gas deliveries that kept western Europe warm were curtailed.
February 22, 2023 – As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, ABC News tracks the milestones of the conflict and how Ukraine fought back against the Russian invasion.
February 23, 2023 – Vladimir Putin said it would be “three-day war”. But his invasion in Ukraine has not gone to plan. One year on, the atrocities continue, with either side refusing to back down. So much has been lost, for so little gain.
February 23, 2023 – The Sun’s defense editor Jerome Starkey recounts his dramatic and emotional experiences from being on the frontline while reporting the war in Ukraine.
February 23, 2023 – When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, the world we lived in changed. Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ was met with fierce opposition from the Ukrainian people – many of whom resent Russia for their earlier annexation of Crimea in 2014. Led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stayed in the bombarded capital Kyiv to defend his nation, Ukraine has retaken cities seized by Russia in recent months as they look to end the war. This is the story, month by month, of a past year of war in Ukraine.
February 24, 2023 – FRANCE 24’s special coverage marks the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine which began on February 24, 2022.
February 24, 2023 – A year after Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 200 thousand people are dead or injured and more than thirteen million are displaced. VICE News has been on the ground covering the frontlines and the human tolls of this brutal war. This is a year of war in the battle of Ukraine.
February 25, 2023 – One year on from Russia’s invasion, there is no end in sight for the War in Ukraine, with heavy casualties and claims of war crimes. Karina Carvalho looks at the battle for Ukraine and the future for the besieged nation.
March 6, 2023 – Do you know this Man? We all should. Anna from Ukraine Vlog 312: War in Ukraine
March 8, 2023 – Reporter’s Year in Ukraine REVEALS Some Wild Truths!
March 18, 2023 – CNN’s Fred Pleitgen gets an inside look at one of NATO’s largest gas fields to see the security system in place against potential Russian sabotage.
March 21, 2023 – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed many people’s lives beyond recognition. Missile strikes have destroyed buildings and infrastructure and killed thousands of civilians. But each day, Ukrainians are trying their best to pursue a normal life. Journalist Vassili Golod meets Ukrainians seeking to stay positive despite the horror overtaking their country. Like electrician Oleksandr Zinchenko, who works with his colleagues to keep the power grid operating despite repeated Russian attacks. Or singer Vlada, who lost the love of her life in the war.
Her partner was killed on the frontline in Bakhmut. Having no words to express her pain, she’s composing music instead and giving concerts to try to encourage other Ukrainians. Therapist Oleksandr is also busy taking care of others. He offers one week therapy programs for soldiers to help them cope with their emotions and stay as stable as possible. We hear stories of people, stories from a warzone, told by reporter Vassili Golod. He embarks on a journey through Ukraine, also visiting Kharkiv, the city of his birth, which has been the scene of fierce bombing.
March 25, 2023 – Ukraine’s military claims Russia is trying to encircle Donetsk Oblast’s Avdiivka and is attacking Maryinka. Kyiv says it struck 17 Russian positions, destroyed an artillery unit, and downed 6 drones and a Mi-24 helicopter. British Intelligence claims Russia’s assault on Bakhmut “has largely stalled”, likely due to extreme attrition of the Russian forces. The UK MoD says tensions between the Russian Defense Ministry and the Wagner Group are also responsible for the stalled invasion of Bakhmut. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military intelligence claims Russian authorities in Crimea are selling their properties and taking their families away. The Russian army has acknowledged the loss of its Black Sea Fleet vessel, Saratov, a year after it was sunk by Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia.
0:00 – Introduction
0:38 – Ukraine Says Russia Trying to Encircle Avdiivka
2:06 – Bakhmut Offensive “stalled” Amid Wagner-kremlin Tiff
3:40 – Zelensky Says No Peace Proposal From China Yet
5:00 – Ukraine Says Russian Authorities Evacuating Crimea
6:55 – Russia Admits Kyiv Sank Its Black Sea Vessel, Saratov
7:48 – Biden, Trudeau Promise to Continue Aid for Ukraine
March 26, 2023 – Territory may be the most commonly used barometer for assessing the success or failure of the winter campaign, but just as important is the impact of the fighting on the forces. Attrition is intrinsically linked to war, as men and equipment are ground down by the effort and by enemy action. In this episode we look at loss estimates, discuss the challenges of attrition, and update on the efforts of both sides to make up losses and generate new offensive potential.
March 30, 2023 – Update from Ukraine | The collapse of the Russian Federation is more than possible and here is why
April 6, 2023 – The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment, regarded as “the best of the best” in Russia’s armed forces, has been at the forefront of the main battles in the Kremlin’s campaign against Ukraine. Often called the Kostroma Airborne Regiment, it has been the subject of investigations by Newsnight since shortly after last February’s invasion. These have revealed the price paid by the regiment and its home community. The program had confirmed 39 fatalities by April last year, 62 by late July, and now the toll has reached 94. So with a rising death toll, how is this so-called “elite” regiment of paratroopers – and their family and friends back home – coping with Vladimir Putin’s long war?
April 6, 2023 – A Russian officer in Putin’s secretive elite personal security service, Gleb Karakulov, defected to the West in October. He is only now telling his story in hopes that it will encourage more Russians to defect or speak out against Putin’s war in Ukraine. China’s ambassador to the EU has also thrown Russia under the bus and stated they did not approve of Russia’s invasion and they are not military allies with Russia.
April 10, 2023 – Ward discusses how the Pentagon and DOJ spent Easter weekend investigating a huge leak of classified documents, including top secret ones, posted to social media and what the impact could be to national defense.
April 11, 2023 – Islam Elizade: Associate Professor of Political Science / University of Pittsburgh
April 20, 2023 – This week on The Inside Story, we’ll be taking a closer look at the war in Ukraine and the lives of those living in towns under siege. We’ll be speaking to people on the ground to get a better understanding of the conflict and the impact it has had on the people of Ukraine. We’ll also be hearing from experts on the situation and what the future holds for the country. Don’t miss this week’s episode of The Inside Story: Battleground Ukraine.
April 30, 2023 – Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with a video on 15 key events that defined the War in Ukraine.
May 8, 2023 – Russia’s military efforts in Ukraine are oddly fragmented, with the invasion force relying on a combination of traditional armies, private military companies, and regional battalions. Why has Putin structured his military in this way? The answer is a combination of internal competition and bureaucratic workarounds. This video explores five key pieces of the puzzle and what they mean for the war’s outcome.
00:00 Introduction
01:19 Russia’s Military Fragmentations
04:28 Why This Is Different from Normal Divisions
06:41 Mobilization Advantages
08:37 Casualty Sensitivity
10:50 Plausible Deniability
14:14 Coup Proofing
16:20 Internal Competition
19:58 Overall Outlook
May 21, 2023 – The United States this weekend announced they support the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s in the United Kingdom. A coalition of Western countries (including Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, the UK, and Portugal) are now in the process of securing dozens of F-16 planes to be delivered to Ukraine.
May 24, 2023 – Why do we call the war in Ukraine unprovoked? – debunking Russian claims.
General David Petraeus warns of epic disaster and civil war after Russia collapses.
June 14, 2023 – Putin’s war in Ukraine is a massive failure. And while there are numerous military mistakes that Russia’s generals and armies have made, the mistakes begin at the top, with Putin himself. No surprise there. But you may be surprised at just how vast and crazy this sea of mistakes, dirty little secrets and even just basic stupidity really is. From sending soldiers to war without proper planning, hamstrung by poor logistics, and saddled with rampant thievery, to commanding an army from within an intelligence vacuum and relying on sycophants and toadies rather than on experts and veterans – our military experts are here to talk about these and all the other ways Putin has been embarrassing himself in the Ukraine war.
June 15, 2023 – Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on Modern Warfare continues with the aftermath of the first phase of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
July 4, 2023 – Animated map of territorial control in Ukraine from the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022 to July 3, 2023.
July 8, 2023 – “There is a huge dent in the armor of Vladimir Putin and unless he does something soon he’s a dead man walking.” Putin is struggling to hide the damage to his regime from sanctions and increasing military support for Ukraine, and now is the time for the West to double down on sanctions on human rights violations in Russia, financier and campaigner Bill Browder tells Frontline on TimesRadio.
July 11, 2023 – Top Russian general eliminated. Sweden Will Join NATO now!
July 29, 2023 – How Ukraine is breaking through Russia’s naval blockade.
August 8, 2023 – By Ukraine’s estimates, over 250,000 soldiers fighting for Russia have so far been eliminated since Russia launched their full scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Ukraine over the weekend continued to strike and take out critical bridges that Russia uses to re-supply their front. Russia for the first time has suggested they might cancel their presidential election next year and allow Putin to remain President indefinitely.
August 17, 2023 – How to understand Russia: What is it about Russia that prevents us from understanding them? Why did Western leaders fail to understand Russia? They operated on different assumptions, and it led them to different conclusions than Putin’s. Here I present how to understand Russia.
August 17, 2023 – Russian military bloggers are reporting that morale among the Russian forces is at an all time low as they continue taking horrendous losses and are more commonly fighting amongst themselves over their failures on the battlefield. A NATO bureaucrat suggested to the media that Ukraine might give up territory for NATO membership. Ukraine released pictures and videos of their latest fleet of sea drones named “SeaBaby.”
September 21, 2023 – President Zelenskyy has left New York City after speaking to the United Nations and now is in Washington DC to meet with military and Congressional leaders before members of Congress vote on the fiscal budget for next year. Solovyov on Kremlin Stat TV declares that the natural state of man is to be at war and that this war in Ukraine is the destiny of all Russian men (except him and his own sons).
September 22, 2023 – All Putin’s BIGGEST Failures.
00:00:00 – Putin Is In Big TROUBLE
00:18:11 – Ex CIA Agent Breaks Down Why Putin is in Trouble
00:36:14 – Analyzing Russia’s Massive Failures in its Invasion of Ukraine
00:59:23 – Russia’s Intel Officer Defects and Reveals Major Problems for Russia
01:18:38 – The Daily Cost of War in Ukraine for Russia
01:42:09 – Why Putin Is STILL Running Out of Tanks
02:03:05 – Will Russia Run Out of Troops Before Ukraine
02:26:59 – Why Russia is Running out of Airplanes
02:48:40 – Russia’s Massive Naval Problem
03:08:55 – Why Finland Joining NATO Destroys PUTIN
October 3, 2023 – The United States has 43 more days now to pass a budget for the next year and include military funding aid for Ukraine. Overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Congress support it along with the White House, but Russia and people who support Russia are doing everything they can to undermine support for Ukraine in the West. Meanwhile the situation on the frontlines grows worse for Russia every day as more of their soldiers defect and surrender to Ukraine the West.
October 9, 2023 – Why do so many wealthy people support Russia? – October Q&A.
October 11, 2023 – Hamas has declared total war on the state of Israel and Israel has mobilized their population and declared a state of war themselves for the first time in 50 years. The documented crimes recorded and published by Hamas against civilians are unspeakable terror. Russia refuses to condemn Hamas and instead states that the Muslim world led by Iran are their allies.
October 17, 2023 – ATACMS from the United States have finally arrived in Ukraine in an overnight strike that destroyed two Russian airbases in the occupied territories and destroyed 9 Russian helicopters. Russia big Fall offensive to take the city of Avdiivka has run out of steam after more than five days of relentless around the clock assaults on Ukrainian defensive positions. Putin has arrived in China for a Belt and Road Initiative conference while offering to put himself in the middle of the war in the Middle East.
October 21, 2023 – In recent days, some of the hottest clashes on the front line have been taking place in the vicinity of Avdiivka. Russian invaders are trying to surround the city, but Ukrainian soldiers are repelling enemy attacks.
October 22, 2023 – In the latest episode of ‘On the Record,’ Newsweek’s Evan Osnos interviews David Petraeus about Vladimir Putin, Russia’s war in Crimea, and the potential for a more dangerous Cold War.
November 8, 2023 – “I don’t think the Russians feel at this moment they’re about to lose Crimea, but it’s taken them way too much, they’ve got major blows to their prestige and it’s hard to explain inside Mother Russia.” Putin will be facing serious questions in Russia about failure to stop repeated strikes on Crimea as Ukraine gets significant upgrades to their missile reach, Retired Brigadier General Peter Zwack tells Frontline on timesradio.
November 10, 2023 – On Kremlin State TV, Solovyov has declared that Russia is now in a new permanent war with the West and that Russia will have to fight this war forever or else until Western democracy is destroyed. Putin’s regime also can now never let these wars end or else his people would revolt against him for Russia’s decline in personal freedoms and economic prosperity. President Zelenskyy states that a large-scale military operation is coming soon to help break the perception of the war being a stalemate.
November 14, 2023 – Russian state media fell for a hoax and accidentally reported Russian forces were retreating from Kherson. Avdiivka is now a graveyard for thousands of fallen soldiers as winter approaches. Solvoyov on Kremlin state TV complains that ordinary Russians do not talk about and are not enthusiastically supporting Putin’s three-day special military operation anymore.
December 20, 2023 – In this video, we interview General David Petraeus about the situation in Ukraine and Russia. Petraeus is a 4-star general who served as the head of CENTCOM from 2011 to 2013. He is highly respected within the U.S. military and is considered one of the most accomplished military leaders of his generation. His insights into the situation in Ukraine and Russia are a nightmare for Putin and the Russian military. He discusses the threat Vladimir Putin poses to Ukraine and the rest of the world, and how the U.S. can help support the Ukrainian government in its fight against Russian aggression.
December 24, 2023 – In this video, Ben Hodges breaks down the inevitable failure of Putin in Ukraine and the victory that is just one tank away. As the leader of Russia, you would think Vladimir Putin would be a perfect strategist. But in Ukraine, Putin has failed miserably. And as the situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate, the victory for the Ukranian army is just one tank away. In this video, Ben Hodges breaks down Putin’s strategic failures and timeline errors in Ukraine and gives an up-to-date view of the situation.