It wasn’t inevitable, until Western policy mistakes made it so, but like a train moving down the tracks it had a lot of inertia and wasn’t going to stop on a dime. It was a long time coming. This conclusion is based on a piece in the Guardian (read it here) by Keith Gessen (pictured [&he[...]
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March 9th, 2022 - 10:53 pm § in Russia
Military expert says Russian troops aren’t trained for urban warfare
Putin’s plan “for a quick decapitation of Ukraine’s government and swift capitulation of its major cities” has gone off the rails. Now, his forces must contemplate urban combat, for which they’re “not prepared,” a military expert says (read story here). R[...]
Trump’s Russian oil hypocrisy
“We should not be buying Russian energy,” Trump told a Conservative Political Action Conference audience last month. He added, “No president was ever as tough on Russia as I was.” (Cue laughter sound track.) This was “part of an extended effort to rewrite his Vladimir Putin-friendly p[...]
March 9th, 2022 - 2:56 am § in Environment, Russia
ART: Extinction
The poor creatures didn’t understand what was happening. Will the next mass-extinction event be caused by fire from the sky? And radioactive ash? Will we know why? One potential reason: “If there is no Russia, why do we need the planet?” — Vladimir Putin (Click on image to en[...]
March 9th, 2022 - 1:05 am § in Russia
Drone’s eye view of firefight in Ukraine (video)
This battle occurred on February 24, 2022, the first day of the war, in Kherson, for control of a highway bridge. The Russians are spread out below the near side of the highway, and the Ukrainians are in the armored vehicles on the highway. The drone was operated by a local resident. The video is [&[...]
“Ukraine is game to you???” (video)
Don’t ask me how I find this stuff. It just pops up. The Google gods have a sense of humor. (Click on “Watch on YouTube” to play video.) https://youtu.be/fzLtF_PxbYw Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 8th, 2022 - 3:20 pm § in Russia
PHOTOGRAPHY: End of the road
Sure glad I wasn’t inside when it blew up. It sucks to be a Russian tank soldier these days. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 8th, 2022 - 1:29 am § in Foreign Affairs, Russia
The saga of an American journalist’s hasty departure from Russia
She’s out now, having caught a last-minute flight to Istanbul, Turkey — an exit gateway for many people fleeing Russia right now. Molly Schwartz was there on an exchange program, her visit cut short by Putin’s war against Ukraine. She says while Ukrainian refugees are “leavin[...]
March 6th, 2022 - 8:24 pm § in Russia
Ukraine has a new patron saint
Read story here. Meanwhile, Putin’s probably the world’s most hated man, and what good’s a fancy yacht if you can’t go anywhere because you’re a wanted criminal? Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
March 6th, 2022 - 1:48 pm § in Russia
This video shows where Russia is losing tanks in Ukraine
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