Tag: strategy

• [Sharing] The Battle of Bakhmut: Postmortem – Big Serge

  Russo-Ukrainian War Update On May 20th, PMC Wagner forced Ukrainian troops out of their last remaining position within the city limits of Bakhmut, consequentially bringing about the nominal end of the largest battle of the 21st century (so far). Bakhmut has been the most substantial locus of military operations in Ukraine for most of the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  5 June 2023

  ukraine

  artemovsk, atlanticism, azov, bakhmut, belgorod, bigserge, busification, chasovyar, history, ISW, izyum, kleshcheevka, lisichansk, NATO, oleksandrsyrskyi, PMC, popasna, propaganda, proxywar, russia, severodonetsk, siversk, slavyansk, soledar, statedept, strategy, svetlodarsk, tactics, terrorism, toretsk, ukraine, US, verdun, volodymyrzelenskyy, wagner, yevgenyprigozhin, zolote

• [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

• Du rififi dans le petit monde “intellectuel” français

  Plenel outragé, Plenel brisé, Plenel martyrisé Scandale en France, le symbole, c’est ainsi qu’Edwy Plenel parle de lui-même, a été agressé par la réactionnaire Maïwenn Le Besco, alors même que des footballeurs professionnels osent refuser de porter brassards et flocages LGBT lors de la Journée mondiale contre l’homophobie. La république vacille et je reconnais bien…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  19 May 2023

  corruption, secret operations, ukraine

  airdefense, cannes, CIA, cinema, CNN, corruption, democraticparty, disinformation, DST, edwyplenel, europe, europeanunion, football, france, francoismitterrand, gillesmenage, hypersonicmissiles, intelligence, johnnydepp, journalism, justice, kiev, kinzhal, law, lefigaro, lemonde, LGBT, libya, maiwenn, mediapart, NATO, nordstream, patriot, pentagon, policemisconduct, racism, SBU, seymourhersh, strategy, syria, terrorism, ukraine, variety, wiretapping

• 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

• The Ukrainian terrorism is targeting cultural figures in Russia

  five attacks and attempts since August 20, 2022 On May 6, 2023, an explosion blows up a car near Nizhny Novgorod, 400 km east of Moscow. One victim is killed. Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, the target, is injured. The terrorist attack is the third one against cultural figures in Russia, since February 24, 2022, beginning…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 May 2023

  assassination, fascism, ukraine

  adolfhitler, aleksandrdugin, alexanderpermyakov, angelamerkel, artemovsk, assassination, asymmetric, attrition, azov, bakhmut, balticstates, belarus, bucha, bulgaria, cannonfodder, china, crimea, cruisemissiles, dariaplatonova, dariatrepova, denazification, dnieper, DNR, donbass, donetsk, drones, estonia, europeanunion, falseflag, fascism, france, francoishollande, FSB, germany, hegemony, humanshields, HUR, intelligence, kazakhstan, kerch, kharkov, kherson, kiev, kseniasobchak, kyrylobudanov, latvia, lugansk, lviv, margaritasimonyan, mariupol, maximfomin, mikhailkhodorkovsky, minsk, mobilization, moscow, multipolarworld, nataliashaban, nationalism, NATO, newworldorder, nizhnynovgorod, nordstream, novayagazeta, odessa, OSCE, paragraph88, petrograd, PMC, police, proxywar, romanpopkov, russia, russophobia, ryazan, SBU, strategy, tactics, terrorism, turkey, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, uzbekistan, VBIED, vonderleyen, wagner, warcrime, yevgenyprigozhin, yuliazayko, yuriydenysov, zakharprilepin, zaporozhye

• Ukrainian assassination attempt of Vladimir Putin

  two drones attacked the Kremlin last night On May 3, 2023, at 2:27 then 2:43 am, the air defense shoots down two successive drones above the Kremlin. Moscow is more than 450 km northeast of the front line. The UAVs have likely taken off in Russia. Vladimir Putin is not injured, his working schedule remains…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  4 May 2023

  assassination, corruption, fascism, history, ukraine

  adolfhitler, airdefense, angelamerkel, artemovsk, assassination, atlanticism, atomic, attrition, bakhmut, belarus, berlin, bryansk, bucha, bulgaria, cannonfodder, china, corruption, crimea, cruisemissiles, dariaplatonova, decline, denazification, dmitrymedvedev, dnieper, DNR, donbass, donetsk, drones, europeanunion, falseflag, fascism, finland, france, francoishollande, germany, hegemony, history, HUR, intelligence, karldoenitz, kerch, kharkov, kherson, kiev, kimdotcom, kremlin, leningrad, lugansk, maidan, mariupol, masskilling, minsk, mobilization, moscow, multipolarworld, NATO, newworldorder, nordstream, nuclear, odessa, OSCE, proxywar, referendum, russia, russophobia, sovietunion, strategy, tactics, terrorism, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, VBIED, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, zaporozhye

• Images du jour : dispositifs sonores portatifs

  le Droit outragé, brisé, martyrisé Je me sens submergé par une actualité française qui m’oblige à m’ériger en défenseur d’un Droit outragé, brisé et martyrisé, bien que parfois, le désespoir m’envahit aussi. Après le râteau qu’il a pris hier déjà à Sélestat, Bas-Rhin, Emmanuel Macron a renoncé aux bains de foule, mais s’est pourtant transporté…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  20 April 2023

  police misconduct, social struggles

  BFMTV, emmanuelmacron, ganges, gendarmerie, giletsjaunes, law, order, philippehenriot, police, policemisconduct, selestat, socialstruggles, strategy, terrorism

• Daily pictures : a prank targets a Western war criminal

  between 2012 and 2017, François Hollande was the second NATO governor of France, after Nicolas Sarkozy and before Emmanuel Macron On April 5, 2023, Russian humorists Vovan & Lexus manage to entrap François Hollande. In a phone call, they impersonate Ukrainian nationalist Petro Poroshenko, a fan of historical Nazi war criminal Stepan Bandera, the president…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  7 April 2023

  fascism, history, jihad, syria, ukraine

  13novembre, angelamerkel, cannonfodder, china, coup, decline, disinformation, donbass, duesseldorf, emmanuelmacron, fascism, france, francoishollande, hegemony, history, humor, intelligence, iran, iraq, jacqueschirac, jihad, journalism, kiev, libya, maidan, minsk, nationalism, NATO, nicolassarkozy, paris, parisattacks, petroporoshenko, propaganda, proxywar, russia, russophobia, stepanbandera, strategy, syria, terrorism, UK, ukraine, US, vovan&lexus, warcrime

• [Sharing] Forging Ahead to Open a New Chapter of China-Russia Friendship, Cooperation and Common Development – Xi Jinping, RIA Novosti

  [Quote : no model of governance is universal, and no single country should dictate the international order] At the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, I will soon pay a state visit to the Russian Federation. Russia was the first country I visited after I was elected President 10 years ago. Over the past decade, I…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  20 March 2023

  BRICS, ukraine

  BRICS, bridgeandbeltinitiative, china, civilization, COVID, democracy, EAEU, eurasia, G20, hegemony, justice, law, MGIMO, multipolarworld, newworldorder, russia, SCO, strategy, ukraine, unipolarworld, unitednations, vladimirputin, xijinping

• [Sharing] How Could Western Intelligence Have Got It Wrong, Again? They Didn’t. They Had Other Purposes – Alastair Crooke, Strategic Culture Foundation

  The West now faces the task of de-fusing the landmine of their own electorate’s conviction of a Ukraine ‘win’, and of Russian humiliation Larry Johnson, an ex-CIA analyst, writes “I no longer hold clearances and have not had access to the classified intelligence assessments. However, I have heard that the finished intelligence being supplied to…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 March 2023

  history, social struggles, ukraine

  alastaircrooke, balkans, ballisticmissiles, billclinton, bureaucracy, businessschool, censorship, china, CIA, cinema, civilization, clearance, COVID, cruisemissiles, decline, dickcheney, disinformation, donadams, drones, europe, fakenews, fascism, herd, history, HUMINT, humor, intelligence, iraq, italy, larryjohnson, liaisonreporting, loyalty, margaretthatcher, mattiasdesmet, maxwellsmart, MIC, NATO, neocons, neoliberalism, posttruth, propaganda, proxywar, psyop, reality, russia, socialstruggles, source, strategicculturefoundation, strategy, thinktank, UK, ukraine, US, warcrime, whitewashing, wokism