Opinion
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 […]
Part 1. The latest installment of the media series by The Wall Street Journal about Ukraine’s involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines added little new information, aside from repeating some well-known names, such as the President of Ukraine and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The ongoing “development” of the Ukrainian connection increasingly reminds me […]
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 […]
The blue duct tape is running out. No, this is not a joke. Soon, there might be fundraising for duct tape… In less than two weeks of the Kursk operation, more than 2,000 prisoners (rumor has it that it’s over 2,500 bodies). Mostly conscripts. To put things into perspective, the entire Kursk group amounted to up to 10,000 bodies. So, […]
“Personally, we advanced 25 kilometers deep”: Ukrainian soldiers shared their experiences about the first days of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive in the Kursk region. The soldiers described their mindset as they entered Russian territory and the level of resistance they encountered in a report for Suspilne Sumy. Pavlo was part of the military unit that was among the first […]
Almost everyone is closely following the course of the special operation in the Kursk region—how much territory is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which settlements are involved, and the potential directions of further strikes. But what is happening on the diplomatic front in connection with Kursk is no less important. And here we have a very telling reaction. China, […]