Opinion

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, […]

Finally, one should ask oneself whether a “sudden removal” is possible. The answer is straightforward: a sudden removal is possible in two cases (excluding the exotic version of poisoning orchestrated by other intelligence agencies, which I consider almost fantastical, although Putin does everything to provoke everyone): a lone shooter, as was recently the case with Trump, or a deadly fright […]

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Today, Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandr Khaylo was exposed for allegedly accepting a $500,000 bribe. The operation to uncover the bribe was conducted jointly by NABU, SAP, the SBU, and the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Here’s where it gets interesting. Almost simultaneously (exactly at 10:00 AM), NABU, SAP, the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Office of the Prosecutor General, the […]

I don’t comment on the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Sumy and Kursk regions in military terms. it is really a wonder that the Russian invaders suddenly remembered that a state border does exist! But I would like to give a reference in terms of international law. First, according to Art. 51 of the UN Charter, Ukraine has […]