Category: Military

JRL NEWSWATCH: “Wartime Putinism: What the Disaster in Ukraine Has Done to the Kremlin — and to Russia” – Foreign Affairs/ Michael Kimmage, Maria Lipman

Headlines, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Aerial View of Kremlin and Environs

“It is tempting to see Putin’s war as a total failure. From Kyiv to Kherson, Russia has endured significant battlefield losses. It has solidified Western support for Ukraine … and provoked a formidable response from Kyiv. As Ukraine’s military improves, Russia’s prospects for ending the war on its terms are fading …. Russia also faces sanctions …. But … the […]

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On the Horizon 2023 | Russia and Ukraine; Critical Challenge for the U.S. | War in Ukraine

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Kennan Institute – wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute Joseph Dresen – Senior program associate – Jan. 6, 2023) Neither Russia’s President Vladimir Putin nor Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky can agree to the other side’s demands: Putin cannot end the war without territorial gain, and Zelensky cannot surrender any Ukrainian territory. As the war continues, Russia will strive to exhaust the Ukrainian people with continued […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “It’s High Time to Prepare for Russia’s Collapse; Not planning for the possibility of disintegration betrays a dangerous lack of imagination.” – Foreign Policy/ Alexander J. Motyl

Baltics, Europe, EU, Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Kremlin Tower, St. Basil's, Red Square at Night

“Ever since Russia’s attempt to take Kyiv and install a puppet government failed in the early days of the war, a defeat for the Kremlin in Ukraine has looked increasingly likely. What’s stunning … is the near-total absence of any discussion among politicians, policymakers, analysts, and journalists of the consequences of defeat for Russia. … considering the potential for Russia’s […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Time is not on Ukraine’s side” – Washington Post/ Condoleezza Rice, Robert M. Gates

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“When it comes to the war in Ukraine, about the only thing that’s certain … is that the fighting and destruction will continue. … Putin remains fully committed to bringing all of Ukraine back under Russian control or — failing that — destroying it as a viable country. He believes it is his historical destiny — his messianic mission — […]

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Anti-War Russians

Headlines, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States

(Abdujalil Abdurasulov – Twitter @abdujalil – BBC News Video Journalist. Primarily report on Ukraine, Russia and the rest of the “Eurasian region”. Based in Kyiv. – Jan. 6, 2023) Of coz this is not a scientific assessment. But it was an interesting observation to learn their perceptions. Many in the West think that ppl in #Russia will start questioning the […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine military says it killed 800 Russian soldiers in past day” – EURACTIV/ Reuters

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“Ukraine’s military estimated on Thursday (5 January) that 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day, mostly … in the eastern Donetsk region, while Western allies pledged supplies of armoured battle vehicles but not the tanks Ukraine wants. … Ukraine’s military said Russian forces were focused on an offensive in the Bakhmut sector and its attacks in the Avdiivka […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s Rebound: How Moscow Has Partly Recovered From Its Military Setbacks” – Foreign Affairs

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States

“‘All the dumb Russians are dead[,]’ … said Ukrainian officials in July … as they sought to explain why the Russian army had abandoned the overambitious strategy and amateurish tactics that defined its [earlier] conduct …. It was probably too early to make this quip. The Russians continued to do many dumb things and indeed still do. But broadly speaking […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine Is Already Paying Us Back; Our investments in Ukrainian democracy are paying off. Now is not the time to pull back.” – Politico

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Maidan Square in Kiev, Ukraine

“Ukraine is … defeating the Russian army … crippling one of America’s most dangerous adversaries. … For decades, Washington has invested in supporting the institutions that enabled Ukraine to take a different path than Russia, … toward democracy and independence … away from autocracy and subservience, and to tackle corruption to serve citizens instead of fostering kleptocracy …. As … […]

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Dmitry Medvedev in His Own Words: From Modernizing Liberal to Hateful Hawk

Headlines, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Dmitri Medvedev file photo

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Jan. 4, 2023) When Russian President Vladimir Putin stepped down after a second term in 2008, making way for his protégé Dmitry Medvedev to have a stint in the Kremlin, speculation about which man was genuinely in charge became something of a sport. Now that Putin once more faces the constitutionally mandated end of his […]

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RUSSIALINK: “Putin Signals Readiness for Peace Talks if Kyiv Cedes Occupied Regions” – Moscow Times

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Vladimir Putin file photo, adapted from screenshot of video at shareamerica.gov

(Moscow Times – July 5, 2023) President Vladimir Putin told Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan he was open to dialog with Ukraine if Kyiv accepts the territories occupied by Moscow as Russian, the Kremlin said Thursday. “Putin again confirmed Russia’s openness to serious dialogue on the condition of Kyiv authorities fulfilling the well-known and repeatedly voiced requirements of taking into […]

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RUSSIALINK: “Russia’s Military Leadership Feels Pressure From Makiivka Fallout” – Moscow Times

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Moscow Times – Jan. 4, 2023) The Ukrainian New Year’s missile strike on Makiivka has led to a usually reticent Moscow admitting its largest single loss of life since it sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and has been met with anger among the Russian population. The strike’s rising death toll intensified criticism of Russia’s military high command, with […]

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War in Ukraine: RM’s Most Read of 2022

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – RM Staff – Dec. 27, 2022) Russia’s war in Ukraine has dominated news around the world in 2022. From John J. Mearsheimer’s analysis of the war’s roots and Joe Cirincione’s response, to predictions of Russian forces exhausting their capabilities, to the place of nuclear weapons in Russian strategy, our top 10 reads of 2022 provide […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia’s New Winter War: Could Putin Go the Way of Napoleon and Hitler?” – Foreign Affairs

Environment, Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“… [W]hen the Kremlin was finally forced to order a ‘partial mobilization’ of the Russian population, it had to warn those called up that uniforms and equipment were in short supply. They would have to provide their own body armor and even ask their mothers and girlfriends for sanitary pads to use instead of field dressings. The lack of bandages […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin, Isolated and Distrustful, Leans on Handful of Hard-Line Advisers” – WSJ

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Tower and Building Inside Kremlin

“Russia’s president built a power structure designed to deliver him the information he wants to hear, feeding into his miscalculations on the Ukraine war.” “… [Putin reportedly] seemed to have limited understanding of the reality of the situation [in a particular location] …. His poorly equipped front-line troops were being encircled by a Ukrainian advance backed by artillery provided by […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Zelensky Urges Ukrainians to Persevere as Putin Says Moscow Ready for Long War” – WSJ

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“In a defiant Christmas message, Ukraine’s president called on Ukrainians to continue to resist Russian forces.” “… Ukrainian officials … warned that Russia would try to make the Christmas and New Year period as miserable as possible for Ukrainian civilians, part of a focus on targeting the population far behind the front lines. Moscow has targeted Ukraine’s power grid and […]

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At Christmas, Pope Urges End to ‘Senseless’ Ukraine War

Headlines, Military, Religion, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

(Moscow Times – Dec. 25, 2022) Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for an end to the “senseless” war in Ukraine, in his traditional Christmas message from St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. The 86-year-old also warned the 10-month-old conflict was aggravating food shortages around the world, urging an end to the use of “food as a weapon”. The head of […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine Won’t Be Using Patriot Missiles Anytime Soon After Omnibus’ Passing” – Newsweek

Arms Trade, Military Aid, Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Patriot Missile Launch file photo

“The recently-approved Patriot air missile defense system from the United States is heading to Ukraine, but the timeline for … delivery and implementation remains vague. The missile defense system is the standout piece of an additional $1.85 billion in security assistance announced by [DOD] … Wednesday simultaneously as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington D.C. …. While … Putin dismissed […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “‘Victory’? Zelensky and Biden differ on the path forward for Ukraine” – Washington Post/ David Ignatius

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Screenshot file photo of Volodymyr Zelensky Gesturing, from Congressional Teleconference, adapted from image at doggett.house.gov

“Make no mistake: Beyond the rousing, heartfelt cheers for … Zelensky, his visit to Washington was a war summit. And it appears to have ended with a gap between the two allies about their strategies for ending the war. … In his address to Congress, Zelensky said emphatically that he seeks ‘absolute victory’ over Russia …. Zelensky used the word […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “How Citizen Spies Foiled Putin’s Grand Plan for One Ukrainian City” – New York City

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“A partisan cell in Kherson spied on, undermined and even hunted down Russian soldiers. Now that Vladimir V. Putin’s forces are gone, people feel free to talk — and to brag a little.” “Guided by … Ukrainian security services … ordinary citizens formed themselves into a grass-roots resistance movement.  … They took clandestine videos of Russian troops and sent them […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Belarus Is Inching Toward Invading Ukraine; Signs are growing that an invasion from the north could be imminent” – Foreign Policy

Belarus, Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Belarus and Environs, adapted from images at cia.gov

“Recent satellite images of Belarus show newly carved forest roads and the movement of a slow stream of military equipment to Ukraine’s northern border. Many experts take it as a sign that Belarus is likely to be the next front in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The arrival of new equipment, together with a recent ‘counterterror’ operation and snap inspection of […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Mr. Zelensky Goes to Washington; The U.S. would be far worse off today if Putin had conquered Ukraine.” – WSJ

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Screenshot file photo of Volodymyr Zelensky Gesturing, from Congressional Teleconference, adapted from image at doggett.house.gov

“… Zelensky’s visit … is a symbolically important moment after 10 brutal months of war in Ukraine. … his first trip abroad since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24[.] [T]he Ukrainian President is signaling how vital the U.S. is to his country’s survival …. [] Zelensky, in his trademark fatigues, met … Biden at the White House and addressed […]

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What’s Ahead in the War in Ukraine

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Alex Vershinin – Dec. 22, 2022 U.S. Lt. Col. Alex Vershinin retired after 20 years of service, including eight years as an armor officer with four combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and 12 years working as a modeling and simulations officer in NATO and U.S. Army concept development and experimentation. This included a tour […]

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RUSSIALINK: “Putin Insists No Plan to Absorb Belarus on Visit in Ukraine Shadow” – Moscow Times

Belarus, Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Belarus city file photo, adapted from image at state.gov

(Moscow Times – Dec. 21, 2022) President Vladimir Putin denied plans to absorb Belarus as he paid a rare visit Monday to the country whose strongman assisted his invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Putin flew into Minsk with his defense and foreign ministers in tow, hours after Russian forces launched a swarm of attack drones at critical infrastructure in Kyiv, which […]

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Russian Elite Increasing[ly] Divided on What to Do If Russia Faces Defeat in Ukraine, Stanovaya Says

Headlines, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Tower and Building Inside Kremlin

(Paul Goble – Window On Eurasia – Staunton, Dec. 18, 2022) Almost all the members of Putin’s entourage are coming to the conclusion that Russia will lose the war in Ukraine if the Kremlin doesn’t change course, Tatiana Stanovaya says; and consequently, “a divide is forming around one key question: what to do if Russia loses this war?” Until the […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “NATO Could Take Out Russia in 3 Days: Congressman” – Newsweek

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
NATO Meeting File Photo

“Representative Adam Kinzinger said on Monday that [NATO] could take out Russia in only three days. … Putin has long taken issue with NATO … raising concerns about the West’s expanding sphere of influence …. [s]pecifically … oppos[ing] … Ukraine joining …. Experts have raised concern the Russia-Ukraine war could escalate into a larger conflict with NATO …. Both Russia […]

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Russia Is Running Out of Missiles … or Not

Headlines, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Simon Saradzhyan – Dec. 15, 2022) Simon Saradzhyan is the founding director of Russia Matters. Is Russia running out of precision munitions, such as missiles, in its war against Ukraine? That is the question I posed to some of my professional acquaintances and myself last month, hoping some of us would come up with an […]

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7 Ideas to Explore – Russia Analytical Report, Dec. 12-19, 2022

China, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Headlines, Military, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Red Square, Kremlin, Environs, adapted from image at state.gov

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Dec. 19, 2022) The time has come to build “a new structure toward achieving peace through negotiation,” according to Kissinger. “The goal of a peace process [for Ukraine] would be twofold: to confirm the freedom of Ukraine and to define a new international structure” in which “Russia should find a place,” Kissinger writes in The […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia has its troops. But does it have the economy to supply them?” – Christian Science Monitor/ Fred Weir

Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Cash, Calculator, Pen

“When Russia called up 300,000 reservists to fill out the army’s ranks for the ongoing Ukraine war … bureaucratic chaos and public angst … erupted as men were dragged from their civilian lives into unexpected military service …. But there is a parallel, economic mobilization … still going on, to rapidly reallocate resources and labor from the civilian sector to […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin Makes Rare Visit to Ukraine War Headquarters” – New York Times

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections
Vladimir Putin file photo, adapted from screenshot of video at shareamerica.gov

“The meetings with his top brass seemed to signal a shift from his largely hands-off public posture to one conveying a more active role in war planning.” “… Putin … made a surprise visit to a command post coordinating the Russian war effort in Ukraine, the Kremlin said …. Putin spent the day on Friday in the military headquarters in […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “A Biden admin official recently told members of Congress that Ukraine has the military capability to take back Crimea” – NBC

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“No offensive is imminent, but officials worry that a large-scale attack that threatens Russia’s hold on the peninsula could push Putin to use nuclear weapons.” “A Biden administration official … told … Congress … Ukraine has the military capability to retake Crimea[.] [B]ut some [U.S.] officials [reportedly] are concerned any large-scale offensive that threatens Russia’s hold on the peninsula could […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “A looming Russian offensive; Ukraine’s chiefs, in an unprecedented series of briefings, tell The Economist about the critical months that lie ahead” – The Economist

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“Russia is massing men and arms for a new offensive. As soon as January, but more likely in the spring, it could launch a big attack from Donbas in the east, from the south or even from Belarus, a puppet state in the north. Russian troops will aim to drive back Ukrainian forces and could even stage a second attempt […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin is trying to silence those who tell of the war’s horrors” – Washington Post

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Headlines, Human Rights, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Kremlin Tower, St. Basil's, Red Square at Night

“… Putin has imposed Stalin-like restrictions on speech about the military and its disastrous invasion of Ukraine. … [O]pposition politician Ilya Yashin was sentenced to 8½ years in prison for calling attention to possible war crimes … in … Bucha … another attempt to lock up the truth. … The barbarism that has taken place in Ukraine is being closely […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Divided in the Face of Defeat: The Schism Forming in the Russian Elite” – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Tower and Building Inside Kremlin

“Russia is heading toward a final battle between the radicals, for whom escalation is a way of life, and the realists, who understand that continuing to up the ante could lead to their country’s collapse.” “There was already talk of a possible split within the Russian elite two months ago, after Russia’s hurried retreat from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. Since then, […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Putin says Russia could adopt U.S. preemptive strike concept” – AP

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Russian Mobile ICBM Parade File Photo

“… Putin said … Moscow could adopt what he described as a U.S. concept of using preemptive military strikes … in a blunt statement amid rising Russia-NATO tensions over Ukraine. … For years, the Kremlin has expressed concern about U.S. efforts to develop the so-called Conventional Prompt Global Strike capability that envisions hitting an adversary’s strategic targets with precision-guided conventional […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Don’t Be Afraid of a Russian Collapse; Why is the West so hesitant about a clear Ukrainian victory?” – Foreign Policy

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States

“… The Ukrainians’ courage and determination to defend their independence is a historic chance for the United States and Europe to deliver a decisive blow to Russian imperialism and toxic nationalism. But so far, the major Western powers hesitate to throw their weight behind this outcome. Ukraine, strongly supported by the Baltic countries and Poland, insists that Russia must be […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky” – Time

Headlines, History, Soviet Union, JRL NewsBlog, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Screenshot file photo of Volodymyr Zelensky Gesturing, from Congressional Teleconference, adapted from image at doggett.house.gov

“Zelensky’s success as a wartime leader has relied on the fact that courage is contagious. It spread through Ukraine’s political leadership in the first days of the invasion, as everyone realized the President had stuck around. … During his childhood, Zelensky’s grandmother would talk about the time when Soviet soldiers came to confiscate the food grown in Ukraine, its vast […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. Goal in Ukraine: Drive Russians Back to Pre-Invasion Lines, Blinken Says” – WSJ

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, NATO, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“Kyiv must decide itself later whether to try to reclaim Crimea and Donbas” “The U.S. priority is helping Kyiv drive Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory … seized since the full-scale invasion in February … leaving to Kyiv a future decision on whether to press the fight on to … Russian-occupied Crimea[] … and eastern Donbas …. Though Ukrainian forces […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine’s Somme: Russia is hurling troops at the tiny Ukrainian town of Bakhmut. But the battle is bloody and pointless” – The Economist

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“… Ukrainian offensives in Kharkiv … and Kherson … have put Russia on the defensive along vast front lines. The exception is Bakhmut, along with Avdiivka to the south. Virtually all of Russia’s remaining offensive power — which is not much — has been thrown at the town since August. That was originally because it anchors the southern end of […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Pope Francis Compares War in Ukraine to the Holocaust” – WSJ

Headlines, Human Rights, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Religion, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

“Pontiff intensifies his rhetoric on Russia’s invasion, which he recently likened to the Soviet genocide.” “Pope Francis … compared the war in Ukraine to the Nazi genocide of the Jews, in his latest escalation of rhetoric on the war. The comments risked aggravating tensions between the Vatican and Moscow following the Pope’s earlier comparison of the war to Soviet-instigated genocide […]

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Russia Analytical Report, Nov. 28-Dec. 5, 2022: 4 Ideas to Explore

Arms Trade, Military Aid, China, Headlines, Iran, Military, NATO, Nuclear, Missile Defense, Oil, Gas, Energy, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Red Square, Kremlin, Environs, adapted from image at state.gov

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Dec. 5, 2022) While rightly helping Ukraine to defend itself, the Pentagon and weapons contractors should not be allowed to exploit the crisis to expand the U.S. arms industry “in ways that go far beyond what is needed to help Ukraine in its current conflict,” according to William Hartung of the Quincy Institute for Responsible […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “In Russia, critiquing the Ukraine war could land you in prison” – Christian Science Monitor

Corruption, Law, Police, Courts, Crime, Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Religion, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File Photo of Kremlin Tower, St. Basil's, Red Square at Night

“The Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent has gone from being focused on particular targets to broadly criminalizing any criticism of the government or its war – and it is casting a pall over Russian society.” “… Mikhail Lobanov, a local political activist in the Moscow suburb of Ramenki, put a little sign on his balcony that said ‘No War.’ … [O]ne […]

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RUSSIALINK: “Latvia Revokes Exiled Russian Station’s License Over War Coverage Violations” – Moscow Times

Baltics, Headlines, Latvia, Media, Internet, Social Media, Television, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Baltics and Environs, Including Kaliningrad

(Moscow Times – Dec. 6, 2022) Latvia said Tuesday that it is revoking the independent Russian television channel Dozhd’s broadcasting license, citing “threats to national security and social order” following a series of violations related to the channel’s coverage of the war in Ukraine. “Dozhd TV will disappear from the airwaves on Thursday, Dec. 8,” tweeted Ivars Abolins, chairman of […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. intel chief says Russia is using up ammunition in Ukraine faster than it can replace it” – NBC

Headlines, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
Avril Haines file photo, adapted from image at dni.gov

“Putin has been ‘surprised’ at the lackluster performance of his military but his political objectives for the war have not changed, the intelligence director said.” “Russian forces in Ukraine are burning through ammunition faster than … [Russian] industry can replace it, … Avril Haines said …. prompting Moscow to look to other countries for help, including North Korea …. [A]mmunition […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “U.S. intel chief thinking ‘optimistically’ for Ukraine forces” – AP

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Politics, Government, Protests, Elections, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
European Portion of Commonwealth of Independent States

“The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine is running at a ‘reduced tempo’ and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospects in coming months. … [T]he British Ministry of Defense … pointed to … public support in Russia for the military campaign … ‘falling significantly.’ Meduza said it obtained a recent confidential opinion survey conducted […]

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Killing In Kherson: A Self-Made Partisan Describes His Role In The Resistance To Russia’s Occupation

Headlines, Human Rights, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

(Article text Copyright © 2022 RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400, Washington DC 20036. – rferl.org – Aleksander Palikot – KHERSON, Ukraine, December 3, 2022 – article text also appeared at rferl.org/a/ukraine-kherson-partisan-killings/32160431.html) Aleksander Palikot is an Ukraine-based journalist covering politics, history, and culture. His work has appeared in Krytyka […]

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Despite Russian Reliance on Iranian Drones, Tehran’s Leverage Over Moscow Is Limited

Arms Trade, Military Aid, Headlines, Iran, Middle East, North Africa, Military, Nuclear Proliferation, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Iran with Iranian Flag, adapted and edited from image at state.gov

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Mark N. Katz, Vlad Wallace – Dec. 1, 2022) Mark N. Katz is a professor of government and politics at the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author. Student associate Vlad Wallace researched and […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “What is the war in Ukraine teaching Western armies? It shows the importance of dispersal, firepower and stockpiles” – The Economist

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
File photo

“… The pivotal role of artillery is a sobering thought for western European armies, whose firepower has dwindled dramatically since the end of the cold war. … Ukraine[] … started the war with over 1,000 barrel artillery systems (those with long tubes) and 1,680 multiple-rocket launchers — more than Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Poland [combined] … the largest artillery […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “Target Crimea: Partisans are mobilizing, and Russians are trying to sell their holiday homes — as fear grows that the war is closing in on the peninsula” – Politico.eu

Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“… [P]eople in Crimea describe growing tension across the Black Sea peninsula … increasingly expect[ing] … direct hostilities. … [S]aboteur and partisan groups [reportedly] are … readying in the territory …. Frustration and panic are surging … Ukrainian forces have been increasing the tempo of military activity in and near Crimea using both aerial and innovative marine drones to swarm […]

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Russia Analytical Report, Nov. 21-28, 2022: 6 Ideas to Explore

China, Headlines, Military, NATO, Oil, Gas, Energy, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations
File Photo of Red Square, Kremlin, Environs, adapted from image at state.gov

(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – Nov. 28, 2022) Key U.S. officials have begun to wonder whether “the U.S. has already reaped all the advantages the Ukraine war has to offer,” according to Hal Brands of Johns Hopkins University. “As time passes, the cost may get higher [for the U.S.]—in distraction from other regions, in scarce munitions consumed, in vulnerability to […]

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JRL NEWSWATCH: “There’s No Peace in Ukraine Without Russian Retreat; Calls for diplomacy are misplaced and naive.” – Foreign Policy

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Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

“… [After] Ukrainian battlefield successes … far from reassuring Kyiv’s backers of Ukraine’s ability to liberate all its occupied territory, diplomatic pressure has been building … to push Ukraine into negotiations …. This is a mistake. … [T]he only way peace can be achieved is through the decisive defeat of Russia. Those who fear that Russia will be humiliated miss […]

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