Ukraine Russia War

  • Ukraine is preparing for Russia in 2026

    The President of Ukraine is warning his people, and the world, that Russia is preparing for another year of war against his State. This is a bad omen because it states he feels like peace is not in sight yet.

    President Zelenskyy is a pragmatist, and he carries it across in his messages to the world on X. This has now been a familiar channel for safe communications about the enemies’ intentions.

    “Today, we again heard signals from Moscow that they are preparing to make next year a year of war. These signals are not only for us. It is crucial that our partners see them, and not only see them but also respond – especially partners in the United States, who often say that Russia wants to end the war.”

    Russia itself is not willing to speak so clearly. It sabre rattles because it has to do so. It also has enemies in some places, not just in Europe, or even North America. It has to stay strong, and think strong as well.

    However, Ukraine is showing a fortitude that signals a different message to us. It shows that Russia cannot win inevitably and that its fortunes are mere chances in an attack it launched itself.

  • The US needs to be careful

    The ceding of Ukrainian land to Russia is not a compromise most in the West actually want to see. This is the nightmare scenario many have long dreamed of.

    It cannot happen because Russia benefits from such a move, and many others lose out because of it.

    It’s the same as America pulling out of its areas of interest around the world, resulting in such a catastrophic loss of influence, and some measure of control.

    This is the problem that America finds itself in, as does Ukraine, as it seeks to define itself as a State while keeping its border strong against and alongside a resurgent Russia.

  • Putin may try to up the anti

    The belief that Europe as a continent is going to back Ukraine militarily is hardly surprising. It follows in the development of President Putin’s limited field of view.

    He only sees as far as his own borders in both fact and as a matter of principle. The uncertain status of Ukraine’s border is giving him reasons to say more.

    He may indeed find his soldiers are returned heavier fire or targeted by more powerful strategy. This isn’t the cause of a wider war.

    Putin needs to have his plan for greater domination shut down, and holding to lines isn’t the answer. If he fears it, it will come.

  • Ukraine cements air power initiative

    In Ukraine, unmanned aerial craft are becoming more and more important. They’re used to strike targets but also to take surveillance footage and harass soldiers on the enemy frontlines.

    This technology is supremely hi-tech in its capability, but also require advanced functions to work in the first place. Ukrainian technicians have put a lot of time and effort into developing a form suitable to their unique situation.

  • Russian philosophers play the day

    The tradition of philosophising in Russia is a long one, but it produces similar results. The eventual ebb and flow of nationalist thought is generally the same throughout its struggle for a unique identity.

    Today, Russian citizens act as professors for their own destiny. They remake the words of Putin into shadows of truth. They can’t attain to true awareness because they have only themselves to blame.

    Alexander Dugin is one such example of this fatal struggle. He strikes out in support of his State’s nonsense, finding meaning out of words and not reality. In his X posts he succinctly praises the apparent real purpose of a modern Russia. The other view is his ideas have flaws.

    A post on X by Dugin, widely regarded to be an influential academic in Russia.

    He allows a cynicism of human nature to pervade his thinking. It’s the line that divides a Russian from a Ukrainian that makes the world what it is. His impression of the development of humanity is alleged to be along these such lines.

    He’s not a supremacist, but neither is he an empiricist. He doesn’t see the value in a natural concord between people because Russians have a unique nature. They have distinctive ways that must be kept pure. It’s a belief that defining values by yourself is what makes it lasting.

  • Russia seeks Ukrainian surrender

    In a strange post to X, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told its followers that President Putin welcomes the surrender of Ukrainian servicemen.

    His request is the Russian army makes provisions for its enemy’s personnel to give up fighting so that his country can win.

    This isn’t necessarily common in warfare, but some sides tend to open up the opportunity if they feel they lack fighting force.

  • Russia’s war shows it lacks clarity

    Russia’s war is something to behold in these current, modern times. It’s not easy to understand, but this is where Russia comes in. Most of Russian life and history has been difficult to decipher for many people.

    It’s pursued a policy of intimidation for too long. It’s led to a thinning of relations and a cultural ‘drift’ that’s resulted in much misunderstanding. It hasn’t necessarily stopped interchange, but at this point the story is bare.

    There’s a thin line of interaction and no further. The results of failed diplomacy and broken attempts to reach out across a divide shows it. It’s also indicated in sparse news reporting. It’s a legacy of distrust that’s lasted for decades.

  • Ukraine has a right to win

    Ukraine’s need for safety is not the same as ours. Theirs is a need for territorial integrity. It includes a promise of no Russian boots on their soil. It also means no land is lost to its illegitimate claims. There can’t be a stronger Ukraine with a lesser strategic position. Finally, no vital infrastructure can be open to cursory destruction.

    President Zelenskyy is aware that Putin bargains for more than he’s worth. It’s why he fights back so hard. He orders his country to do so too. He knows the illegality of this war. He already gets that a Russian tyrant can’t win, for the sake of the world too. His effort is to hold out against an enemy that is sabre rattling at us.

  • Zelenskyy runs the risk of a world war

    The Ukraine war with Russia – or rather, Russia’s war with Ukraine – is beset with obstacles. There are a large number of sensitive issues at play. There are significant interests in the region that are tinder boxes for recriminations. There is a multiplicity of competing forces only held back by Ukrainian sovereignty and Russian dignity, or at least the struggle by both for either.

    This makes it so volatile that any controversial thing spoken may be tantamount to an escalation of tensions. Therefore, the advice of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the world to pile in to get involved is worrying. He calls on help from all four corners of the world to repel an invasion, but in doing so invokes the approach of the World Wars.

    “That is why only pressure can stop this war. Pressure that is multidirectional. The pressure from Western countries today is not enough. Nor is there enough unity in applying that pressure. We need more pressure from the United States, more pressure from Europe. As for the Global South – we do not yet even feel their pressure on Russia to make it stop.”

    It cannot become as worse for a much smaller prize. Putin may be a warmonger, and a tyrannical political leader, but he’s not a token of radicalism. He hasn’t got designs on much of the world and he cannot be credited with disturbing its order. Russia’s reach is not so vast. The answer is to deny them their advance so that nothing is open to win. Ukraine needs to hold its own.

  • Zelenskyy’s diplomatic approach is strengthening

    In his latest missive on X, Ukraine’s President has launched a sideswipe at many Western approaches at diplomacy. He clearly knows what he wants.

    He thinks we need to learn more about sanctions. The point is they stop more than just one person. It stops all the activity that goes into a war.

    “Sanctions are powerful, when enforced. If loopholes are closed, missile components, including for ballistic systems, simply won’t reach Russia. Sanctions aren’t just about money. They’re about stopping the flow of deadly technology, the parts that enable Russia to produce these horrific weapons at scale.”

    It won’t, however. In fact Russia’s military is complex. It cannot simply be shutdown. He’s right to say it flows, but Russia does it better than just that.

    The aim of sanctions is to impose geopolitical limits. This still leaves the Ukraine front open. It’ll take more than stops in supply chains to win.

  • Russia losses over one million

    It’s going around online on official accounts that Russia has now lost over one million of its military personnel. This is a crude ‘milestone’ it didn’t want to hit and has done so in a reckless war.

    Putin is now risking his nation’s future by ploughing more lives into a pointless conflict. In Western terms he stands to gain absolutely nothing. He’s not seen as a legitimate leader and he doesn’t have a case for invading Ukraine either.

    The limitations of a Russian win are now clear. It wouldn’t be recognised internationally. His conflict is already seen as a distraction on an international scene that’s too busy. He’s fighting for old ideas in a world of new values.

    His Russia is increasingly slipping backwards. It’s stuck in a regressive dream. It wants more than it can bargain for. Its negotiations with Ukraine shows it needs to retreat and give up. Its enemy is wiling to dialogue because it’s confident it will end.

    Putin needs to count his losses and leave early. His Presidency is already in a type of decline. It’s not easy to believe in national pride as more and more of your compatriots are lost. He needs to regain ground by calling a ceasefire.

  • Zelenskyy’s war is diversifying

    The Ukraine war is a difficult battlefield for President Zelenskyy. He’s got to confront multiple geopolitical realities. His advisors are intelligent but dynamics strain on Ukraine’s capability.

    No-one wins by attrition. It won’t happen by drones. The intelligent moves are found in diplomacy. The negotiations are the most important part. The strength of his nation’s future is in these.

  • What Moscow does next

    The strikes on Russian aircraft in Siberia rocked the elite in Russia, as it should. Ukraine pulled out a win against a self-confident state. The Goliath factor is no more.

    However, Moscow has room for manoeuvre. Its military is strong. It has public support for its territorial integrity. Essentially, Russians feel anything is legitimate.

    Moscow’s leadership needs to strategise. The future is bleak if it loses. President Putin looks weaker. It may seek his removal if things stay like this for much longer.

    Any reaction is strong, but it has to work. Ukraine is seeking the end of a conflict. It’s unpredictable. The next tipping of the balance may make or break the battle itself.

  • Pres. Zelenskyy updates Russian sanctions

    Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has revealed a tranche of new sanctions on Russia. The punitive measures are designed to cripple Russia’s war machine, and force Putin to end his war.

    The targets are close to the Russian President, undermining his ability to present a strong image. It also includes Russian activists in media circles, who continue to justify the country’s illegal war.

  • Russia is losing the war

    The self-belief of autocratic states is now legendary. Their actual skills, when put to the test, show how far they fall short. An appeal to its own history shows there is something lacking for the Russian state.

    Their Victory Day parade is an exhibition of this sort of madness. The appeal is only to a pride inside, and not to reality. The losses of Russia on the battlefield is indicative of its lack of connection to reality.

    The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine tells us that Russia has suffered huge losses. It’s nearing one million lives lost, over 100,000 pieces of equipment, and many larger features of warfare like warships.

    A bit of clothing isn’t going to soften the edge of such defeats. If the Russian state is going to win it needs to do more than march in the peace, and serenity, of Red Square. The future is won by grasping it.