The forces of Ukraine appear to be achieving some success in their so-called 'counter offensive' at certain points along the front lines of the Kherson region in Ukraine's south. Is this critical for Russian plans? I would say not. It is being achieved at the cost of much war materiel and many lives of the... Continue Reading →
Annihilation On The Dniepr
September 1, 2022 was an undoubtedly busy day. And the banks of the Dniepr river near the Zaporizhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, were not the least visited spots along its course yesterday. That was the day marking the start of the visit to the power station by IAEA experts sent to... Continue Reading →
A Tale of True Grit and Human Determination
I was about to write this up yesterday (as September 1 marked the beginning of the new academic year [school year] in Kherson - and I assume all of Russia) until the latest Escobar story came to my attention. But this is just as important, on a personal level, as anything on the international scene.... Continue Reading →
“Nothing personal. Just business.”
Oh my goodness, Escobar produces yet another gem. How does he do it? Where does he get his information? Don't tell me, I would prefer not to know. But it has the ring of truth and, as long as he produces stuff that is on the right side of history, I don't care what his... Continue Reading →
“On average, a warmer world is a wetter world” – and Other Important Matters
[A word of warning: You have no idea of what you are getting yourself into should you be reading this for the first time] It is difficult to find something to seriously write about these days. Especially if you consider all is going right with the world and both nature and natural justice are proceeding... Continue Reading →
That’s Not a Counter Offensive, That’s an Exercise in Stupidity
Well, it was meant to be a Ukraine counter offensive against Russian forces occupying what will soon be Russian territory. It's now a heap of smouldering wrecks and hundreds of dead bodies. Such foolishness defines Ukraine's leadership (and its NATO mentors). The title of the related story below (as so many machine translations of Russian... Continue Reading →
The New World Order in the Making
The world, you know, that place shaped as a sphere, where you and I live, somewhere, mostly on the one third of its surface not covered by water - and it doesn't or should not matter wherever that may be - that world does not want or need to be governed, ruled, oppressed, or dictated... Continue Reading →
On the Need to Increase the Size of the Russian Military
As I mentioned recently, the Russian military is to be modestly expanded by the beginning of next year. This, as some have projected, is not a general mobilisation to replace huge losses in manpower occasioned by the now six month old conflict in Ukraine (it does not go further back than that no matter the... Continue Reading →
August 25/26, 2022 – Preliminary Actions
Yesterday I spoke of various non-specific rumours surrounding the Russian Special Operation in Ukraine. Rumours that point to the need for something to happen to settle matters before winter sets in there. I pointed to a couple of background activities which specify Russia's overall commitments and designs for the near future, but these were/are not... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 