Tag: strategy
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Salammbô
in Gustave Flaubert’s novel, the mercenaries wanted money, Yevgeny Prigozhin is seeking power Yevgeny Prigozhin has freaked out. In his personal feud against the Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoigu, the head of Wagner private military company (PMC) has claimed that the Russian forces were retreating, which is an obvious lie and Ukrainian propaganda, while they…
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[Sharing] Ukrainian Counteroffensive’s Second Week Ends in Failure – Scott Ritter
Operation enters the second week of Ukraine’s long-awaited and highly touted counteroffensive, some basic conclusions can be drawn even though the fighting continues, and will continue to rage, for some time to come. First and foremost, the counteroffensive gambit has failed. While there is still considerable combat strength left in the Ukrainian military, including more…
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[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…
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[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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
