Tag: zaporozhye

• [Sharing] Once upon a time, in Klishchiivka – RYBAR 5

  tale of an unsuccessful counterattack Although Zaporizhzhia and Vremivka became the main directions of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, the AFU were also pressing on other fronts. Since the loss of Bakhmut in May 2023, the city and its surroundings remained a symbol of Ukrainian propaganda. So, new forces were repeatedly sent to storm the surrounding villages,…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  26 October 2023

  ukraine

  artemovsk, bakhmut, comics, kleshcheevka, mobilization, propaganda, russia, rybar, ukraine, vremievsky, zaporozhye

• [Sharing] Once upon a time, in Urozhaine – RYBAR 1

  A tale of a failed counter-attack On June 4, 2023, the AFU launched a large scale counteroffensive against Russian troops in Zaporizhzhia and to southwest of Donetsk. Units trained according to NATO guidelines were thrown into battle on Western military equipment. Foreign mercenaries also joined them on the front lines. On August 15, the last…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 September 2023

  ukraine

  comics, DNR, mercenarism, NATO, proxywar, russia, rybar, tactics, ukraine, urozhaine, zaporozhye

• [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 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…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  18 June 2023

  ukraine

  airdefense, artemovsk, ATGM, atlanticism, auschwitz, bakhmut, balticstates, bradley, cannonfodder, chrystiafreeland, drones, F-16, fascism, germany, history, IFV, intelligence, iraq, leopard, lithuania, markmilley, mercenarism, mines, minsk, NATO, orekhov, panzer, proxywar, russia, scottritter, SOF, sovietunion, SSO, strategy, tactics, tanks, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, USMC, vilnius, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, WMD, zaporozhye

• [Verbatim : Tucker on Twitter, June 6, 2023]

  Hey, it’s Tucker Carlson.This morning it looks like somebody blew up the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. The rushing wall of water, wiped out entire villages, destroyed a critical hydro power plant, and as of tonight, puts the largest nuclear reactor in Europe in danger of melting down. So if this was intentional, it was…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  9 June 2023

  corruption, fascism, social struggles, ukraine

  911, atlanticism, atomic, billkristol, blackrock, blacksea, BLM, censorship, climatechange, CNN, corruption, crimea, democracy, disinformation, donaldtrump, donbass, donetsk, energodar, ETI, europe, fakenews, falseflag, fascism, georgewbush, germany, GMLRS, HIMARS, history, intelligence, iraq, jeffreyepstein, journalism, LGBT, lindseygraham, NATO, nikkihaley, nordstream, novayakakhovka, nuclear, NYT, propaganda, proxywar, russia, saddamhussein, scottritter, seymourhersh, socialstruggles, sovietunion, terrorism, thedebrief, thewashingtonpost, tuckercarlson, twitter, UFO, ukraine, vladimirputin, volodymyrzelenskyy, warcrime, whistleblowing, whitewashing, winstonchurchill, zaporozhye, ZNPP

• 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

• Daily pictures : a historical meeting on March 20, 2023

  the acceleration of an inescapable Western decline For those who are not aware of the context, here are a few pieces, The crisis in Ukraine, not history, is driving the current timetable, but curious combination of circumstances, today is also the 20th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Iraq. At that time, France was still…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  20 March 2023

  decline, history, jihad, ukraine

  artemovsk, assassination, atlanticism, bakhmut, china, decline, disinformation, donbass, donetsk, europe, fakenews, france, hegemony, history, iraq, jacqueschirac, jihad, justice, kherson, libya, lugansk, moscow, muammargaddafi, multipolarworld, newworldorder, referendum, russia, syria, terrorism, UK, ukraine, unipolarworld, US, vladimirputin, warcrime, WMD, xijinping, zaporozhye