Ukraine: a decisive year?
February 24, 2024 3:34 am Post a CommentFor obvious reasons, this post can only be about one subject as today marks the second anniversary of Putin’s “special... View Article
For obvious reasons, this post can only be about one subject as today marks the second anniversary of Putin’s “special... View Article
The February War in Ukraine was relegated to the third slot on the main BBC television news bulletin yesterday, after... View Article
The Russian attack on a shopping mall in the Podilskyi district of Kiev last night was described by The Sun... View Article
Very soon, it will be the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands War, which started on 2 April 1982 when Argentina... View Article
Don’t you just love Google. When you ask it for the road distance between the village of Nemeshaevo and the... View Article
As the third week of the February War comes to an end with no immediate resolution in sight, we’re still... View Article
There is a certain sameness to the reports coming out of Ukraine at the moment, lending credence to what in... View Article
I may have said this before: it is a brutal fact, but a fact nonetheless, that the more ordnance the... View Article
This is almost like the Second World War in reverse. Then, in 1939, there was the great drama of declaring... View Article
Few had any expectations that the meeting in Turkey between Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba and Russian minister Sergey Lavrov... View Article
It is now day 15 and, according to the plans captured by the Ukrainians, the war was supposed to be... View Article
Certain things are best carried out away from the public gaze. The transfer of 28 Polish MiG-29s to the Ukrainian... View Article
As we now enter the thirteenth day of the February War, some commenters are beginning to ask the question which,... View Article
For the media – or, at least, the Guardian, if that is the same thing – not reporting on military... View Article
Some of the most striking images to emerge from the German invasion of Northern Europe in May/June 1940 were those... View Article
It is nine days into the February War, and eight after the bridge over the Irpin River was blown to... View Article