Tag: kursk

• [Sharing] The Cost of Kursk – Ted Snider, The Libertarian Institute

  The bold and surprising incursion across the border into the Kursk region of Russia has won Ukraine the temporary possession of several Russian villages and a few hundred square miles of Russian territory. But the strategically cheap Russian land may have been bought at a very costly price. The Ukrainian armed forces managed a lightning…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  21 August 2024

  ukraine

  airdefense, atlanticism, avdeevka, cannonfodder, donbass, france, germany, history, istanbul, KNPP, kursk, minsk, NATO, oleksandrsyrskyi, pokrovsk, proxywar, qatar, russia, strategy, tanks, tedsnider, thebulge, thelibertarianinstitute, turkey, ukraine, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy

• [Sharing] Unable to escalate militarily, NATO relies on rhetoric – Lucas Leiroz, Strategic Culture Foundation

  Recent discussions about “authorizing” attacks on Russia sounds like desperation on the part of Western countries Continuing their relentless wave of escalations in the war against the Russian Federation, NATO countries have decided to deliberate on whether to “authorize” Ukrainian attacks against what they consider “Russian territory” — the 1991 Russian borders, excluding the New…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  8 June 2024

  fascism, secret operations, ukraine

  ATACMS, atlanticism, atomic, belgorod, bryansk, censorship, clustermunitions, crimea, denazification, DNR, donbass, donetsk, drones, DU, DUAP, europe, europeanunion, fascism, france, germany, history, journalism, kherson, krasnodar, kremlin, kursk, LNR, lucasleiroz, lugansk, maidan, mercenarism, moscow, NATO, nuclear, petrograd, propaganda, proxywar, russia, secretoperations, strategicculturefoundation, terrorism, ukraine, warcrime, zaporozhye

• [Sharing] Russo-Ukrainian war: The Deluge – Big Serge

  Z World Turns Two As the calendar barrels into another year and we tick away the days of February, notable anniversaries are marked off in sequence. It is now 2/22/2022 +2: two years since Putin’s address on the historic status of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, followed on 2/24/2022 by the commencement of the Special…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  11 March 2024

  ukraine

  adolfhitler, airdefense, artemovsk, atlanticism, attrition, avdeevka, azov, bakhmut, ballisticmissiles, balticstates, belgium, bigserge, borisjohnson, busification, cannonfodder, chasovyar, congress, cruisemissiles, DNR, donbass, donets, donetsk, drones, ernstjuenger, estonia, europeanunion, fascism, geran, germany, glidebombs, GOP, history, iskander, ISR, izyum, kalibr, kharkov, konstantinovka, korea, kramatorsk, krasnyliman, kupyansk, kurakhovo, kursk, lancet, lisichansk, LNR, lugansk, marinka, mediazona, mobilization, NATO, oleksandrsyrskyi, oleksiireznikov, orekhov, oskol, oswaldspengler, pokrovsk, propaganda, proxywar, rabotino, RUSI, russia, sergeyshoigu, severodonetsk, slavyansk, southkorea, sovietunion, strategy, tactics, tanks, tokmak, toretsk, ugledar, UK, ukraine, US, valeriizaluzhnyi, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warspotting, zaporozhye

• The Atlanticist defeat in Donbass and Ukraine

  chronicle During his annual end-of-year press conference, on December 14, 2023, Vladimir Putin states There will be peace when we achieve our goals. They don’t change. Let me remind you what we talked about – the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine, its neutral status Historical benchmarks Around an ancient Cossack core in 1654, established after…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  16 December 2023

  africa liberation, assassination, corruption, decline, fascism, history, jihad, science, secret operations, social struggles, ukraine

  13novembre, abrams, abwehr, adammarczak, adolfhitler, aeroprakt, africa, africaliberation, AI, airdefense, akhmadkurbanov, akhmat, alaska, alexanderbortnikov, algeria, alqaeda, amaq, americafirst, AMRAAM, anchorage, andrewnapolitano, andriyyermak, angelamerkel, annalenabaerbock, antonov, artemovsk, assassination, ATACMS, atlanticism, atomic, attrition, australia, austria, autonomy, avdeevka, aviano, azov, azovsea, azovstal, bakhmut, balashikha, ballisticmissiles, balticstates, baronovsky, baryatinsky, BASF, belarus, belaya, belgium, belgorod, berdichi, berdyansk, berezina, berlin, bigserge, bild, biolabs, blacksea, bogdanovka, borisjohnson, bradley, brazil, brussels, bryansk, bundeswehr, burkinafaso, busification, caliphate, cannonfodder, catherinecolonna, censorship, charlemagne, chasovyar, chaybowes, chechnya, cheka, chernigov, chernivtsi, chernobyl, china, christianfreuding, christianlindner, christmas, CIA, cinema, CIS, clustermunitions, coalitionofthewilling, colonialism, 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• [Sharing] Escaping Attrition: Ukraine Rolls the Dice – Big Serge

  The Zaporizhia Summer Blockbuster It has been a while since I published anything long-form commenting on the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, and I confess that writing this article gave me a modicum of trouble. Ukraine’s much anticipated grand summer counteroffensive has now been underway for about eighty days with little to show for it. The summer…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 August 2023

  history, ukraine

  abrams, airdefense, APC, artemovsk, asymmetric, ATACMS, ATGM, attrition, bakhmut, belgorod, berdyansk, bigserge, blacksea, busification, cannonfodder, challenger, clustermunitions, crimea, davidglantz, dmitrymedvedev, dnieper, donbass, donetsk, drones, EW, geran, germany, GMLRS, hannamaliar, HIMARS, history, HUR, IFV, intelligence, iran, iraq, ISR, joebiden, kakhovka, kerch, kharkov, kherson, kursk, kyrylobudanov, lancet, leopard, lugansk, M55, marder, melitopol, mines, mobilization, moscow, NATO, novayakakhovka, OPORD, OPSEC, orekhov, panzer, pentagon, peterzeihan, propaganda, proxywar, rabotino, recce, russia, shahed136, slovenia, sovietunion, starobelsk, strategy, stryker, svatovo, syria, tanks, tokmak, tula, ukraine, US, velykanovosyolka, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, voronezh, zaporozhye

• [Sharing] Who is Responsible for Ukraine’s Failed Counteroffensive? – Scott Ritter, Sputnik

  On a normal summer’s day, the road to Rabotino would be empty, save for the odd combine tractor and the vehicles driven by farmers and their families as they tend to the fields of crops they had planted in spring. The summer’s heat would reflect off the horizon, creating glimmering mirages, while the still air…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  6 August 2023

  history, ukraine

  ATACMS, atlanticism, bradley, cannonfodder, crimea, democracy, dnieper, DNR, donbass, donetsk, F-16, france, germany, history, IFV, intelligence, iraq, kherson, kursk, leopard, LNR, lugansk, melitopol, mines, NATO, panzer, proxywar, rabotino, referendum, russia, scottritter, sovietunion, sputnik, strategy, tactics, tanks, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vladimirputin, WMD, zaporozhye

• [Sharing] Ukrainian Nationalism, Russian Special Operation, Denazification of Ukraine – Vladimir G. Kiknadze, The Postil Magazine

  Abstract This paper presents the results of the analysis of relevant aspects of the history of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) in comparison with the policy of the Kiev regime in 2014-2022, using the secrets revealed with the beginning of demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine during the special military operation of the Armed Forces…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  1 August 2023

  fascism, history, ukraine

  abwehr, adolfeichmann, adolfhitler, aidarbattalion, andriygrishchenko, arsenavakov, atomic, austria, azov, ballisticmissiles, belgorod, berlin, bolivia, BRICS, bryansk, chauvinism, chechnya, CIS, crimea, CSTO, denazification, denispushilin, DNR, donbass, donetsk, duma, elenashishkina, falseflag, fascism, federalism, galicia, genocide, germany, grad, grozny, history, humanshields, hungary, ideology, igorkolesnik, igorlunev, igorpavlosky, igorvoronchenko, intelligence, investigation, iran, italy, ivangaraz, ivanrusnak, izyum, jozefpilsudski, justice, katsaps, kherson, kiev, konradadenauer, kursk, law, leonidpasechnik, LNR, lugansk, lviv, maidan, mariupol, mikhailzabrodsky, mykolabalan, mykolamiknovsky, nationalism, NATO, nikitakhrushchev, nuclear, odessa, olegshevchuk, olehtyahnybok, oleksandrdublyan, oleksandrkrasnook, oleksandrlokota, oleksandrpavlyuk, OUN, perestroika, poland, pravyisektor, racism, referendum, romania, romanshukhevych, rostov, russia, russophobia, SBU, schutzstaffel, SCO, sergeybessarab, sergeydrozdov, sergeylavrov, sergeynaev, sergeypopko, sergeyrudskoy, sovietunion, stepanbandera, stepanpoltorak, strategy, svoboda, syria, terrorism, thepostilmagazine, tochka, ukraine, ukrainskakhata, unitednations, UNP, UPA, uragan, US, UVO, valeriygeletey, vasylburba, verkhovnarada, viktormuzhenko, viktoryushchenko, vladimirkiknadze, vladimirputin, vladirmirkhizhiy, voronezh, warcrime, yevhenkonovalets, yuliatymoshenko

• [Sharing] After Bakhmut – Douglas Macgregor, The American Conservative

  Russia turned Bakhmut into the graveyard of Ukrainian military power. What comes next? Until the fighting begins, national military strategy developed in peacetime shapes thinking about warfare and its objectives. Then the fighting creates a new logic of its own. Strategy is adjusted. Objectives change. The battle for Bakhmut illustrates this point very well.  When…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  25 May 2023

  history, ukraine

  adolfhitler, alexandervasilevsky, alexeyantonov, artemovsk, attrition, bakhmut, donaldtrump, douglasmacgregor, europe, fascism, france, georgyzhukov, germany, heinrichhimmler, history, josephstalin, korea, kursk, mobilization, NATO, russia, schutzstaffel, schwarzesonne, sergeysurovikin, sovietunion, strategy, tactics, theamericanconservative, UK, ukraine, US, valerygerasimov, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy

• The Atlanticist “counter-offensive”

  the last NATO attempt to avoid defeat in its proxy war in Donbass and Ukraine, against Russia The countdown of the Atlanticist defeat in Bakhmut The fighting is going on in Bakhmut and in the evening, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner private military company (PMC), states that the Atlanticist forces are controlling less than two…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  11 May 2023

  corruption, fascism, history, social struggles, ukraine

  afghanistan, AFP, africa, AFV, airdefense, alexanderkots, alexanderlukashenko, alexandersladkov, alexeylevkin, alexgallant, AMX-10RC, andreevka, anthonyradakin, antonyblinken, APC, armansoldin, artemovsk, ARV, ascot, asgardsrei, ASPI, asymmetric, ATACMS, ATGM, atlanticism, atomic, australia, avdeevka, azov, bakhmut, balkenkreuz, ballisticmissiles, balticstates, belarus, belgorod, benwallace, berdyansk, berlin, BFMTV, bild, blacksea, blagodatnoye, blitzkrieg, blockade, BMP, bosphorus, bradley, bucha, bulgaria, busification, caesar, canada, cannonfodder, CCM, censorship, chasovyar, cherkasy, chernigov, china, chongar, christophercavoli, clustermunitions, colonialism, comics, congress, corruption, corsica, coup, crimea, croatia, cruisemissiles, deepstate, defenceintelligence, democracy, deniskapustin, dickblack, dirtybomb, disinformation, dmitrokuleba, dmitrypeskov, dmitryutkin, dnieper, DNR, donbass, donetsk, drones, DU, DUAP, elonmusk, EMSC, energodar, europe, europeanunion, fakenews, falseflag, fascism, finland, francafrique, france, FSB, gamma, gaza, genichesk, genocide, geran, germany, globalhawk, GLSDB, GMLRS, GOP, graincorridor, grayvoron, groza, GRU, gustaveflaubert, hannamaliar, HIMARS, history, humor, humvee, hungary, HUR, hypersonicmissiles, IAEA, iantortorici, IFV, ihormosiychuk, ihorzhovkva, Il-76, illiakyva, intelligence, investigation, iraq, irradiation, iskander, israel, italy, ivankhurs, jakesullivan, joebiden, journalism, justice, kerch, kharkov, kherson, khmelnytskyi, kiev, kinzhal, kleshcheevka, konstantinovka, korotich, kramatorsk, krasnoarmeysk, krasnodar, krivoyrog, kupyansk, kursk, kyivstar, kyrylobudanov, law, leopard, levigodman, lithuania, LNR, lugansk, M113, M777, maidan, marinka, mariupol, masskilling, maxar, maxxpro, melitopol, mercenarism, mines, MISE, mobilization, moscow, MRAP, mutiny, napoleonebuonaparte, nationalism, NATO, neskuchnoye, nikolaev, nordstream, novayakakhovka, novodaryevka, novodonetskoye, novorossiysk, NSBM, NSC, nuclear, NYC, NYT, odessa, olafscholz, oleksandrsyrskyi, oleksiireznikov, oleksiytitarenko, olenegorskygornyak, onyx, orekhov, panzer, patriot, pentagon, petrograd, petroporoshenko, planetlabs, plutocracy, PMC, pokrovsk, poland, police, priazovye, propaganda, proxywar, pskov, psyop, pyatikhatki, rabotino, radiation, rafaelgrossi, ranger, raytheon, RDK, recce, renatkarchaa, rianovosti, romania, rosenergoatom, rostislavzhuravlev, rostov, russia, russophobia, rustemumerov, S-200, sahel, salammbo, SAM, satellites, SBU, SCALP, schutzstaffel, scottritter, semiconductor, sergeyshoigu, sevastopol, shebekino, sig, SIGINT, skynews, slovakia, socialmedia, socialstruggles, SOF, soltsy, southafrica, sovietunion, spain, spartan, SSO, stalino, starokonstantinov, stepanbandera, stormshadow, stosstruppen, strassburg, strategy, stryker, su-24, svoboda, svobodarossii, T-62, tactics, taganrog, taman, tanks, tatars, taurus, terrorism, theguardian, tochka, tokmak, tradytsiyataporyadok, Tu-22M, turkey, tver, twitter, ugledar, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USEC, USMC, USV, VAB, valeriizaluzhnyi, vasilyevka, VBIED, velikynovgorod, velykanovosyolka, vergeltungswaffen, victorybanner, vilnius, vishnya, vladimirputin, volkssturm, volodymyrzelenskyy, vonderleyen, voronezh, waffenss, wagner, warcrime, warsaw, wartears, wunderwaffen, yevgenyprigozhin, yurikasyanov, yuryivanov, zaporozhye, ZNPP

• History, on this day : 80 years ago, Nazi Feldmarschall Friedrich Paulus surrenders in Stalingrad

  when the European Nazi armies lose WW2 The battle for Stalingrad is the climax of WW2. After a failure in front of Moscow in January 1942, the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) targeted southern Russia in June. The planned goals were the oil fields in the Caucasus. On the north flank of the offensive from Ukraine,…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 January 2023

  fascism, history

  baku, berlin, caucasus, communism, emmanuilyevzerikhin, europe, fascism, france, friedrichpaulus, georgyyakulov, germany, history, hungary, italy, josephstalin, kiev, kursk, moscow, OKW, operationuranus, panzer, romania, sovietunion, stalingrad, stavka, strategy, tanks, ukraine, volga, yevgenykhaldei