After 18 months of an ever widening war, Putin is still unable to recognize the failure of his “limited military operation.” Far from convincing Washington that his interests are limited to protecting the Russian people in former Russian territory who were dumped by Soviet leaders into the Ukraine province of the Soviet Union, Putin has... Read More

For 17 months I have warned that the Kremlin’s unwillingness to use sufficient force to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a conclusion is widening the war. Now we hear from Col. Douglas Macgregor that a Polish division is being readied for deployment in Ukraine. “Warsaw, whose leadership of NATO’s anti-Russian crusade is prized in... Read More

This report from Larry Johnson — — demonstrates that my often expressed concern about the ever widening conflict in Ukraine has been correct. Putin is now confronted with a US/Polish plan for Poland to seize Western Ukraine. This would bring Ukraine into NATO and defeat Putin’s goal of demilitarizing Ukraine and maintaining Ukraine as an... Read More

This morning Russian media sources reported that a Ukrainian followup attack to the one on the Crimea bridge by 28 drones was defeated by Russian air defenses. In response, Russia destroyed the manufacturing sites of the drones and fuel storage facilities that provide fuel for Ukraine’s military. The two words, “in response” tells us what... Read More

Putin’s latest speech is one that should never have been made. With his ill-considered speech — — Putin has lent his weight to US neoconservative propaganda that he is in a weakened and challenged position and that the US can win in Ukraine. With the Ukrainian forces essentially defeated, the fake news “mutiny” is precisely... Read More

The Western discussion of the conflict in Ukraine is the most nonsensical collection of lies and delusions I have encountered in my lifetime. Nothing reported in the Western media is accurate. Consider this BBC report from Johnson’s Russia List today June 23, 2023: There is not one word of truth in this report. Consider the... Read More

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova admits, as I predicted would happen, that the Kremlin’s preference for a war of minimum Russian force has resulted in the West raising the stakes and becoming drawn ever deeper into military confrontation. She says, “It is obvious that such a policy, which we see as reckless, is capable... Read More

It was obvious from the beginning that the Kremlin’s “limited military operation” would result in an ever-widening war leading to a nuclear confrontation, and there is no doubt that the conflict has continued to widen. The latest development brings us closer to the use of nuclear weapons. The F-16s, which Biden said would never be... Read More

“No tanks for Ukraine.” Now tanks for Ukraine. “No long range missiles for Ukraine.” Now long range missiles for Ukraine. “No F-16s for Ukraine.” Now F-16s for Ukraine. “No attacks on Russian soil.” Now attacks on Russian soil. As I have emphasized, Putin’s unwillingness to use sufficient force to bring the conflict to an end... Read More

In this article I explain why I think nuclear war is in the cards. I know that most do not want to hear this. But if no one knows, there is even less chance of preventing it. The headline yesterday (March 29) is “US To Withhold Nuclear Weapons Data From Russia As Last Treaty Collapses.”... Read More

US senator wants ‘nuclear war’ – Moscow American politicians are inciting an “apocalyptic conflict,” Russia’s envoy has warned What is the point of these endless Russian complaints? Will the Kremlin ever understand that it is the Kremlin’s failure to use sufficient force to terminate a conflict whose ever-widening character threatens to end in nuclear war?... Read More

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “a massive retaliatory strike [consisting of] high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based precision weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system, hit key elements of Ukraine’s military infrastructure, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, as well as energy facilities providing them with power.” The Ministry of Defense said that the... Read More

As I have explained correctly in a number of articles, there was NO RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE. It was, as Putin said, an operation limited to ejecting Ukrainian and neo-Nazi forces out of Donbass, historically, like Crimea, a part of Russia herself and populated with ethnic Russians. These historically Russian territories were transferred for political... Read More

A large US/NATO trained and equipped Ukrainian army is being slowly defeated by a private Russian military company and Donbass militias. From the beginning the process has been one of slow village by village slug-fest. The question I continually raise is why does the Kremlin proceed in this way when the main result is to... Read More

“Russia’s elites have no stomach for this fight and a deal is being worked out through backroom channels.” As I have pointed out again and again and now again, Putin’s idiotic–indeed mindless–way of conducting war has destroyed the credibility of the Russian military. I am becoming convinced that the outcome of the nonsensical “limited military... Read More

The Kremlin’s demonstrated inability to take proactive and decisive action has convinced Washington there is nothing to fear from Putin and that Russia can be defeated in Ukraine. Indeed, the UK media takes for granted that Ukraine will defeat Russia. Here is the latest headline: “The West Needs a Plan for when Ukraine wins.” Biden’s... Read More

Gilbert Doctorow, an Intelligent and Informed Russian Expert Explains that It Is Indeed a Nano-second to Midnight. This is an extremely important warning, which like my own is likely to be ignored at our peril. In no Western capital or print and TV media has any recognition been given to the consequence of the extremely... Read More

When it comes to Russia, Republicans are no more supportive of Trump’s goal of normalizing relations with Russia than are Democrats. Both parties receive campaign contributions from the military/security complex and intend to continue receiving those contributions that otherwise would go to opponents to their re-election bids. AntiWar.com reports that key Republicans are pressuring the... Read More

When asked about Russia’s response to the US sending to Ukraine weapons with a 93 mile range, Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia will establish its position 93 miles further into Ukraine in order to protect the liberated areas. So if Ukraine then succeeds in getting 190 mile range MGM-140 ATACMS ballistic missiles from the US,... Read More

How long is Putin going to sit on his butt and allow his limited military operation to be widened into nuclear war? If Putin does not soon fulfill his responsibility to quickly bring the conflict to a decisive Russian victory before Washington and NATO can further widen the war, Putin’s legacy will be nuclear Armageddon.... Read More

As readers know, I am a critic of Putin’s “limited military operation” in Ukraine. It was eight years late, and its limited objective is unrealistic. Putin needed to occupy Kiev the minute he saw the US coup unfolding. Failing this, he needed to reincorporate Donbass in 2014 prior to its partial occupation by neo-Nazi militias... Read More

“Ukraine is already a de facto member of NATO.” — Oleksii Reznikov, Defense Minister of Ukraine If reports are correct that modern Western weapon systems are slated to pour into Ukraine–the latest US and German tanks, Patriot missile systems, and other current weaponry–Minister Reznikov is correct. These weapons imply that Ukraine has enough soldiers left... Read More

For some months I have been perusing David Johnson’s “Russian List,” a daily collection of newspaper and journal articles written by commentators and alleged academic experts. I must say for the most part the articles are highly unrealistic anti-Russian propaganda. I have concluded that Russian experts are few and far between in the Western world.... Read More

For the third time this month Ukraine has attacked Russia’s Engels Airbase six hundred kilometers inside Russia with a US supplied done or missile. Engels Airbase is where Russia’s strategic nuclear bombers are kept. I suppose the Kremlin understands that Washington is testing Russian air defense and collecting information that could be useful in a... Read More

Written by James George Jatras Wednesday December 14, 2022   Among realists who don’t accept the Kiew siegt an allen Fronten! narrative it is widely assumed that Russia will soon begin, perhaps in dramatic and decisive fashion, a winter offensive. This would come just as Kiev is hitting “empty” on all key manpower and materiel... Read More