Section: Right Side News (USA)
The Order of Battle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Franklin Holcomb and the ISW Russia/Ukraine Team FULL PDF REPORT The United States and its partners can improve regional security and stability in Eastern Europe by supporting the modernization and reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine more aggressively. Ukraine has suffered from consistent Russian military aggression since Russia occupied the...
Analysis: Russian Military Activities from South China Sea to Sevastopol
Russian troops participating in the Kavkaz-2016 exercise Donald Thieme | USNI Russia is simultaneously conducting operations along the eastern Ukraine border, participating in large bilateral naval exercises with China in the South China Sea and conducting large-scale amphibious exercises in the Black Sea around the Crimean peninsula. The Russian...
Understanding Russia’s Concept for Total War in Europe
Martin N Murphy, PhD | Heritage Foundation Russia perceives itself as surrounded by enemies, and that the strategic depth that has been its principal security must be restored. In this sense, no territory is more significant than Ukraine. Russian leadership also worries about the erosion of a zone around Russia’s borders where politically...
Is Russia About To Invade Ukraine?
Michael Snyder War is coming, but unfortunately most Americans are completely oblivious to what is about to happen. In recent weeks, tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have been massing at eight staging areas along Russia’s border with Ukraine, and some Pentagon officials believe that this could represent preparations for a full-scale...
Russian Build-Up In and Around Ukraine as of August 12, 2016
Kathleen Weinberger | ISW Download PDF An ongoing Russian military build-up on Ukraine’s borders may indicate preparations for conventional military conflict. It certainly marks a dramatic escalation of tensions that will have significant repercussions in Ukraine. Russia has deployed additional military forces and systems to Ukraine’s...
Russia in Europe: May 1 – June 14, 2016
Kathleen Weinberger and the ISW Russia-Ukraine Team DOWNLOAD PDF Russia heightened its military posture in Europe by projecting its land, air and naval capabilities. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on May 4 that it would create three new combined-arms divisions in the Western and Southern military districts, with a second announcement...
Four Reasons It Would Be Dangerous To Ban Russian Rocket Engines
Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D and Constance Baroudos, M.A. | Lexington Institute After Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014, everybody in Washington agreed it was time to stop relying on Russian rocket engines for getting U.S. military satellites into orbit. So it’s no surprise that Congress is considering legislation to do just that. But if...
Ukraine Rebels Give Rise To A ‘New Cult Of Stalin’
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton | Noisy Room History is repeating itself in all its murderous glory in Russia. While the world swoons over Vladimir Putin taking charge in Syria and offing a bunch of blood-thirsty Islamists who are in his way and serve as bloody propaganda for his next moves into the Baltics, the Middle East and … Ukraine Rebels Give Rise...
How Obama Lost Afghanistan
Vijeta Uniyal | Gatestone The Taliban seems to have correctly assessed the lack of resolve of the current U.S. leadership and have evidently decided to go for all of Afghanistan. What is visible to everyone except Obama is that this “weak” Putin continues to outflank the U.S. in Ukraine, Crimea and now Syria. The U.S. … How Obama Lost Afghanistan...
