Wednesday, May 28, 2014

May 28th combat SITREP update by "Juan"

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Residential areas of Slavyansk shelled by mortars and artillery starting at 11:00 local time. School #13 in Slavyansk was hit by a 12.2 cm...

May 28th combat SITREP by "Juan"

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Heavy bombardment at night and early morning in Rubezhnoye in Lugansk Oblast. Civilian casualties unknown. More scattered fighting...

My apologies to all those who commented today

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Guys, there are good times, bad times and terrible times.  I just had a major problem happen in my home (a teenager acting up in the worst w...

Does Russia really need the Ukrainian military-industrial complex?

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I really like the Asia Times, but the article I saw in it today left me wondering how it could have gotten past the editors. The article in...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Clarifications about certain issues mentioned in today's SITREP

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As is often the case, my previous SITREP has touched superficially on a number of issues which have raised some eyebrows and, since I have ...

"Flash" SITREP update from "Juan"

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Tanks are on the move west of Slavyansk, destination unknown, at least a Rota (Company, ergo 16 tanks if at full strength, which is doubt...

Ukraine SITREP May 27th, 14:54 UTC/Zulu: assault on Donetsk and a look from above

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First, a "SITREP from the front lines" by "Juan" Donetsk Airport freight terminal is burned and partly destroyed. Kiev...
Monday, May 26, 2014

SITREP from the front lines by "Juan"

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This is the latest "SITREP from the front lines" sent by " Juan " to whom I am immensely grateful for sharing this info...

The Chechens and Ramzan Kadyrov - reply to a reader

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After my recent post about Chechnia and the hope it gives me, one reader posted a particularly interesting comment which, I believe, deserv...

The "other West" - one more example

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn liked to say that "one teaspoon of sea water gives you the taste of the ocean".  Today I would like to post...

Russia, Chechnia and the Ukraine - the *choice* to keep hoping for the impossible

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As you probably know, the two Russian journalists who worked for the LifeNews, Oleg Sidyakin and Marat Saichenko, were finally freed and br...