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Russian strategic culture: Why Russia does things the way it does By Martti J. Kari, former intelligence Colonel in the Finnish Defense Forces BACKGROUND My background is that I have served in military intelligence for most of my career. I am an officer and an intelligence colonel who retired last fall. I started here in January at the university as a teacher. I teach intelligence. As I have spent most of my career in intelligence, Russia and the Soviet Union have always been my point of interest. As a young lieutenant, I was sent to what was then Leningrad to...

Update from Ukraine | The Ruzzian Headquarters ambushed by HIMARS on the east | Ukraine's revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfuRZARLq-U Air Assault units received honorary titles November 21, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/air-assault-units-received-honorary-titles/ On the day of Air Assault Troops, the president Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented battle flags and awarded brigades with honorary titles. The honorary award of the President of Ukraine “For courage and bravery” was awarded to 122nd Separate Airmobile Battalion of 81st Airmobile Brigade. The Ukrainian president presented battle flags to 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 148th Artillery Brigade and 135th Management Battalion. Four Ukrainian Air Assault brigades also received honorary titles. [NOTE: two summaries...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Continue to Push the Ruzzian Army on the South | Verbove is next https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqrvqOtXZQ Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 45 November 13, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-45/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Big fight on the south | Z-Clown runs for President in USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HyG3EWZh0 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 8th November 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-623-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

After a year and a half of war, Ukraine’s leaders now have a new reason to worry: Mounting political chaos in America is threatening to derail their supply of money and weapons. Days after lawmakers shelved a vital U.S. plan to send billions of dollars in aid to Kyiv, U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted by his own Republican Party colleagues. Aid to Ukraine was named as one of the reasons. In Kyiv, officials are at a loss as to what might happen next. Their staunchest military ally suddenly looks unreliable, despite assurances from President Biden and others the...