Ukraine’s top general says Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian General Staff to draw up plans for a new offensive that includes capturing Kyiv. Speaking on the TSN telethon on June 30, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Putin tasked his General Staff with calculating several options for a renewed assault, one of them launched from Belarusian territory and aimed at the Ukrainian capital.
The claim is real and alarming on its face.
Archibald MacLeish didn’t have much downtime to enjoy the holidays in 1941.
As the United States’ ninth Librarian of Congress, MacLeish was too preoccupied with work. A few weeks after Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, MacLeish was among those tasked with making the final arrangements to safeguard the nation’s most important documents from enemy attack or sabotage.
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This initiative was on such a need-to-know basis that MacLeish did the packing himself, according to a 2016 article on History.com.
After months of increased drone attacks, multiple regions throughout Russia are starting to feel the economic ripple effects of the war. Originally contained to Crimea and other border regions along the border with Ukraine, regions throughout Siberia and even Moscow itself have been forced to implement fuel rationing as drone attacks against oil refineries and other fuel infrastructure sites have forced the government to take drastic measures to cope with the strained supply, much to the displeasure of ordinary Russians.
Iran has blocked nearly one-third of the world’s agricultural inputs via the Strait of Hormuz. Critical ingredients needed to grow food–from fertilizer feedstocks to industrial chemicals–have been prevented from moving through one of the world’s most important maritime chokepoints at precisely the worst possible moment: the heart of the global planting season. The disruption has persisted for so long that even if the Strait fully reopened tomorrow, much of the damage has already occurred — it has not yet harmed Americans.
Warsaw, Poland – It could be that worsening conditions inside Russia are adversely affecting an increasing share of the population. It could also be a growing perception that the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin may end as soon as this year. All thanks to the Ukraine war.
It could also be that there is a realization across the board that Putin cares little for any of the disastrous effects of the war on his country as a whole, nor the unprecedented casualty figures on the battlefield.
Ukraine Artillery Strike. Ukraine Armed Forces Photo.
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The United States Navy is facing an acute crisis of capacity.
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The destroyers finished Depot Modernization Periods under DDG Modernization 2.
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Why the Military Has Always Said No to Those Who Can’t
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In 1990, the idea that deployed commanders could access the latest intelligence from three-letter agencies in the middle of nowhere was radical. But the Army was starting to make this idea real through a program called Trojan Spirit, so they could address a major strategic barrier: There were too many systems and databases for intelligence collection and analysis, some centralized and some forward deployed, and little access to practical insights. During Operation Desert Storm, the early Trojan system transitioned out of development and into operational deployment.
