UKRAINIAN GLORY

Daily Beast: Russia’s Dumbest Propaganda Fail

The Daily Beast reports on what it calls Russia’s dumbest propaganda fail since the invasion of Ukraine.  Excerpt: Russia’s Foreign Ministry has created what may go down in history as their worst propaganda fail since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine kicked...

The Threat of the Weaponized Russian Orthodox Church

Nina Shea at The National Review (full article paywalled) observes: The thoroughly politicized Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate has been instrumental in supporting Russia’s unjust war. Just before Christmas, the Ukrainian government added Orthodox patriarch Kirill of...

Exposed: Russia’s Effort to Gaslight the West

Wallace Lee at Quora reveals Russia’s military weakness and effort to gaslight the West into withdrawing aid to Ukraine. Excerpt: Since Putin can’t win his war in Ukraine, Putin’s one and only objective in this war is to persuade the west that helping Ukraine...

Putin’s Christmas Cease Fire a Bad Faith Propaganda Effort

Vox reports that Putin’s proposed Christmas “cease fire” was a cynical propaganda exercise. Excerpt: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a 36-hour unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, timed for the Orthodox Christmas, a move that at least one...

Ukraine Goes Guerrilla

A classic study of guerrilla warfare The New York Times reports that Ukraine is intensifying its use of guerrilla tactics.  Excerpt: The saboteurs managed to place four explosives on a Russian freight train carrying diesel and jet fuel, roughly 3,000 miles from the...