One thing the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk does is make a mockery of Western fears of Russian responses to escalation. Ukraine is occupying sovereign Russian territory, within the internationally-reco… (View Post)

I think this take is spectacularly wrong. The West needs a quick victory in Ukraine. Growing numbers of citizens of European democracies in particular want Ukrainian refugees to be able to go home, a… (View Post)

What do people think about the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast? Suggestions from Russian military blogger channels that the Ukrainians are making continuing advances, destroying Russian equipme… (View Post)

The Mercator projection is at least useful for navigation. The Peters projection is one of the worst. There are far better equal-area projections that don't distort shape so much. (View Post)

The White House appear not to understand that, for Ukraine to win, Russia must lose. "Ukraine had the opportunity to destroy dozens of Russian aircraft with ATACMS missiles, but the U.S. prohibi… (View Post)