It does need to outmatch Russia all the time, just provide local air superiority, and the Russian Air Force is, how shall we put this..? Not that good. Even Wagner were able to knock some kit out the… (View Post)

ZSU are saying this afternoon that last night was the best night they've had "all year". In addition to the two naval attacks, and yet further significant damage to rhe Kerch bridge, i… (View Post)

As I have extensively written and lectured on these subjects at various academic institutions, I think I can safely dismiss that comment. (View Post)

That last point I can certainly believe. Last night I was in my favourite quiet beer bar in the Old City of Tallinn. A young Russian at the next table started a phone call where in Russian he belittl… (View Post)

Except that it is a national myth. Potemkin did not build villages in the wilderness, he built fake villages with fake peasants. The people in South Ukraine were and are Ukrainian. The primary popula… (View Post)