Hello everybody! The last two days, the Russian social media is ’brimming’ with ‘great news’. Plus, a group of Italian…erm… specialists in online psychoanalysis… is complaining I’m biased (in favour of Ukraine). …

Good morning everybody! Two days later than planned (held up by work), but here we are. Let’s check what’s going on…. UKRAINIAN POWER GRID Following a total of eight waves of missile strikes (the last of these on the evening of 6 December: it included at least 16 Shahed-136s and…

Hello everybody! UPDATES Two updates for the start: the VKS Su-34 claimed as shot down on 4 December, was a Su24M (RF-93798), and it was felled by a MANPAD team from the DPSU — the border-control service of the Ukrainian armed forces. The jet was one of several involved in…

Hello everybody! The weather is getting colder in eastern Ukraine: temps are down to -2°C, sometimes -6°C, and there’s a wind from north-east. I.e. the soil is starting to freeze. …

In the Part 1 and the Part 2 of this mini-series, I’ve explained the ‘basics’ about equipment of the Russian Airspace Force (VKS) and the Ukrainian Air Force: how the Soviets and then the Russians were defining the requirements for their future combat aircraft — nowadays deployed by both air…

Good evening (and then: good morning) everybody! It’s the first day of December this year: we’re over nine months into this war, and on the best way to the tenth — and then more…. …

Hello everybody! How shall I start this one….? Ah yes, here it is: war is hell. That’s why it’s always the best idea not to start any. ….is just a reminder for all those who can’t stop complaining about me not writing any of my reports/summaries/updates for the last four…

Good morning everybody! In the Part 1 and the Part 2 of this series of features, I’ve explained the ‘bare basics’ of how was the General Staff (GenStab) of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and then the Russian Federation (VSRF) conceptualising and defining requirements for capabilities of its…

Good morning everybody! Once again, you’re sending so many questions, that it’s near-impossible to address them all — and, even if: only 2–5 people are going to read my answers, and then others are going to ask the same questions again. Arguably, some of this is my own fault: after…