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Any sources or more information on this? It would be the Donbas fight of the year so far and be the first major Ukrainian offensive since 2014.

Putin stated in the article: "Do you think we will keep it as it is: our troops at 1,500 (kilometers, 900 miles) away?"

Unfortunately, he must not be a student of geography, or perhaps his orders...

Roger McDermott: Putin Bluffs on Challenging NATO

"Following the Brexit, Putin can now rely on attempting to exploit a greatly weaker EU, but he is unsure about the future strength of NATO or...

Here is a June 27 panel from CSIS

I fell asleep attempting to watch it more than once, so for those who are interested, the folks at the USNI broke it down...

According to panelist Nikolai...

The Gravely wasn't quite as inconsiderate as PLAN and Russian vessels have been in the past and certainly didn't ram the Yaroslav Mudry...

Nevertheless, it is high time that the Russians were...

According to WaPo, Russia has been engaging in a long-time harassment campaign against DoS personnel based in Russia, including, but not limited to:


Breaking and entering their residences
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Well, firstly, unless the Russian military is planning to establish a demilitarized area within Russia's western borders, any Russian missile deployment would inherently threaten NATO. Russia's...

The drama over American accusations of Russian INFT violations since 2011 is very interesting...

Over time, we have come to learn that the violations surround Russian testing of the new RS-26 ICBM...

See their blurb here

If you don't watch it for its insights, watch it for Lynn and Lauren. I'm sorry Outlaw, but I'd sooner talk this Russia business out with them ;)

According to Wikipedia's page on the Donbas Conflict, some 2,100 (pro)Russian insurgents have been killed, compared to 3,300 Ukrainians (paramilitary and regular military).

The source for the...

What would Edward I say?

I keep track of Der Spiegel in English...

Every time the migrants commit another rape in a small town or Putin's guys throw a party in Donbas, there is an article on Poland: how Poland should...

According to Ismay, NATO's purpose was to: " keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

It is worrisome to see that as NATO gradually regroups in the face of Russian...

Obviously I confirm the above from the agreement.

Looking at clause 4, it appears that a UNSC resolution would only be invoked if aggression against Ukraine involved the use or threat of nuclear...

Budapest Memorandum

No US presidential administration has given Ukraine a military commitment or submitted the agreement to ratification by the Senate. No parties are obligated to do anything...

According to the Jamestown Foundation, it is:

Certainly, (pro)Russian forces have deliberately attacked civilians and civilian property in Donbas and then blamed the collateral damage on Ukrainian forces. The problem in Donbas, particularly if...

Outlaw:

I think we largely agree on Putin’s ambitions and the lack of confrontation from the West (although I see that NATO’s RRF has been tripled and 4,000 troops are to be in the East on a...

1. Putin is certainly a showman, but his actions have been much more measured than his words. Russia could have acted much more destructively in Georgia, Ukraine and Syria, and rhetoric and...

Points taken, however, I would still say that Russia watchers are conflating capability with intent.

Firstly, First Grozny notwithstanding, Russia has always had the conventional capability to...

I'm afraid that Goble is wide of the mark on this one. While Putin salivates at the prospect of NATO's dissolution, there are absolutely no indications that he seeks a military confrontation that...

See here from the Jamestown Foundation on the Kerch Bridge under construction...


Gavrylyuk suggests obtaining and injunction or using "lawfare" to prevent the bridge's completion, but is there a...

It is a canard that NATO or the United States violated any agreements with Russia. Firstly, the unwritten agreement related to the unification of East and West Germany, and Soviet fears that the...

What did you expect? The Germans could care less about what borders Russia alters so long as they are "over there" and business (i.e. cheap energy) can continue...


And people wonder why Poland...

Should have subjected them to "lustration"...