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1. The significance of Vuhledar. The defense of Vuhledar was a true feat by Ukrainian soldiers, who for two and a half years inflicted losses on the Russians near Vuhledar that were many times greater than ours and repelled two major offensives in 2022 and 2023. The city held a key position for controlling the southern flank of Ukraine’s defense […]

A less-noticed piece of news from the UN General Assembly was the formation of an informal group of countries called “Friends of Peace,” led by China and Brazil. This group aims to promote their own vision of achieving peace in Ukraine. The group includes China, Brazil, Egypt, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Indonesia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Zambia, Mexico, Algeria, Bolivia, and […]

In the current relations between Ukraine and the USA, an unwelcome but expected definition has emerged. President V. Zelenskyy declared from the UN podium that Ukraine will not negotiate on the terms of “soft capitulation,” which Russia, supported by China and the global South, is promoting. “Soft capitulation” means freezing hostilities along the front line, scaling back Western military support […]

Since the fact of supplying ballistic Fath-360 missiles from Iran to the enemy can be considered a done deal, I would like to comment on this. Especially since a lot has already been written about them. Firstly, “ballistic” does not refer to size or explosive power. It only means that the rocket’s engine operates only during the initial phase of […]

Yesterday, the President said that the state lacks funds for the production of long-range drones. In fact, during wartime, and this is natural, the state lacks money for everything. The economy is almost non-functional, and there is a shortage of funds in the state treasury, so this limited resource must be managed effectively. Firstly, we shouldn’t expect any “investments” in […]

I am in contact with all our brigades on this front. Over the course of a day, our aerial reconnaissance detects between 250 and 500 enemy infantrymen at the front line, which spans up to 18 km, and in the immediate rear. Some of them advance, some retreat, and some establish positions. In other words, the enemy is not deploying […]

In the “Chechen-Tatarov” story, two people whom I greatly respect attempted to explain or justify Zelensky’s irritation. One wrote that journalists should be far more interested in the war than in Tatarov. The other argued that for the government, Tatarov is a smart manager who knows how to control large processes. I repeat, I have great respect for both of […]

President Zelensky: “The United States and everyone else knows this. Oleg Tatarov, together with Vasyl Malyuk, killed Chechens in Ukraine, in Kyiv, before you were here. Is that not enough? Should I fire him so that the Russians can kill him?” This statement by Zelensky in response to a question from Ukrainska Pravda journalist Roman Kravets caused a major stir […]

Putin needed to reduce internal pressure in Russia and save face by returning the conscripts captured in the Kursk region. On the Ukrainian side, those responsible for the exchanges needed to organize a media “victory” for the holiday, following Soviet traditions. However, there was no place in this formula for the captured Azov fighters, who have been waiting for the […]

It’s time to summarize the strategic and political context of what has been happening over the last two weeks. This text is dedicated to that.  The entire intense discourse surrounding negotiations (both in the West and the East, as well as from internal sources) was based on a simple logic: Russia cannot be defeated in a competition of capabilities, so […]

My biography has taken such a peculiar path that I’ve had the chance to work with various intelligence agencies: Soviet, Ukrainian, and American. So, I know for sure: the main problems for intelligence agencies arise when they are managed not by professionals but by politicians. This very issue seems to have arisen with respect to the Main Directorate of Intelligence […]

News that you won’t hear in the media and that might seem unimportant right now in the context of the swift operation in the Kursk region: ● Fact ■ What it threatens ● The enemy is less than 6 km from Selydove (I saw it personally). Defending the city for a long time and effectively is extremely difficult due to […]