Three signs Russian military and its political bosses are in trouble
The Kremlin-controlled media and often--echoing it--Western outlets paint a picture of Russia as a burgeoning military power, with…
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Ten types of Russian weapons didn’t work well in Syria, the Russian defense minister says
Russian forces demonstrated their prowess in the destruction of the opponents of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad,…
Moscow scrambling to fill ranks of its forces in Syria and elsewhere
Russia’s indefensible actions against the civilian population of Aleppo, actions that rise to the level of crimes against…
Ethnic clashes replacing ‘dedovshchina’ abuse in Russian military units, Moscow paper says
Russians and many in the West have come to believe that “dedovshchina,” the notorious practice in which draftees…
Russia’s nuclear threats and spy games
Last week it was reported that three Russians were arrested on espionage charges. Two Russian citizens and one naturalized US…
Russia’s involvement in Donbas war open secret in Donetsk – France 24
The war in Donbas has been ongoing for 2,5 years. The economy of Donbas is devastated, and despite…
Putin and Russia both far weaker than many think, three analysts say
Vladimir Putin and the country he heads are far weaker than Moscow propaganda suggests and, what is equally…
Russia hit problems recruiting for war in Donbas, Tymchuk says
Russia’s military commanders over the "LNR" and "DNR" regimes are increasingly concerned about the inability of the two to recruit…
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire will last
No one in the Donbas believes the ceasefire declared there a week ago will last, and many say…
Moscow mis-reporting its military expenditures to the UN
According to the data that Russia provided to the United Nations, its military expenditures in 2015 grew by…
Putin should not fear a military putsch, ‘Nezavisimaya gazeta’ expert says
Following the coup attempt in Türkiye, many Russians began to ask if and when the Russian military might…
Russian army put on war footing
European media and politics are very busy this summer: Brexit, terror attacks in France and Germany, the Turkish…
Why the slow-burning Russo-Ukrainian war suddenly has gotten much hotter
A UN agency says the number of civilians who died as a result of the fighting in the…
How Russia tried to cover up death of Putin’s best helicopter ace in Syria
The Russian helicopter shot down in combat on 8 July 2016 near Palmyra turned into a widely-covered informational event.…
Desertions on the rise from Moscow’s hybrid military force in Donbas
Desertions by pro-Moscow mercenaries in the Donbas are increasing, according to Dmytro Tymchuk, head of Ukraine’s Information Resistance Group, a…
“Reposts are the Soviet anecdotes of today” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
War report: Wassyl Slipak’s and Anatoly Koval’s last combat mission
On June 29, in response to the continuous massive firing on their positions, the Ukrainian army was forced…
Soloshenko: What imprisoned Russian army officers told me…
Ukrainian political prisoner Yuriy Soloshenko was released from Russia on June 14. He reports that he met and…
Russian military analyst: The forces in Donbas are Russian Army
Definitely, the construction of a new [Russian] military base next to the Ukrainian border [in the town of Klintsy…
Ukrainian military intelligence identifies top Putin’s generals conducting war in Ukraine
Recently the intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published the true identities of several top Russian…