Putin’s mobilization is myopically feared by some but does more damage to him at home than anything to help the…
An anti-monarchist reflects on what we have lost in our modern era: “an image of the splendour of the Kings…
Revisiting my coverage from early in Putin’s escalation campaign and a new excerpt (Russian/Русский перевод) By Brian E. Frydenborg (Twitter @bfry1981, LinkedIn,…
Losing this badly will help wake up millions of Russians to some level of reality, and they will blame Putin.…
In moving troops from stronger positions in Ukraine’s east to weaker positions in the country’s south, Russia exposed those troops…
The factors explaining why things are now happening the way they are happening (Russian/Русский перевод) By Brian E. Frydenborg (Twitter @bfry1981, LinkedIn,…
What a brief comparison between today’s aid work in Ukraine and efforts during Iraq’s Battle of Mosul against ISIS can…
It’s possible Ukraine can push Russia out entirely (including from Crimea & the Donbas) in the coming months; here’s how…
Dynamics over time are the key to analyzing just about anything, and they clearly favor Ukraine in Russia’s failing war…
Before Stalin launched his war against Finland in 1939, Soviet war planners based their planning on the self-serving, inaccurate fiction…
By Brian E. Frydenborg (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter @bfry1981, YouTube) April 2, 2022 (recorded March 31, 2022); see Brian’s other coverage of Putin’s war against…
While any NATO attack on Russia—including a no-fly zone where Russian military aircraft are operating in Ukraine—would likely mean World…
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the U.S. Congress, a look at the emptiness of his Russian counterpart’s ideological and…
Why thousands of dead Russian soldiers are likely beyond the skill of Putin’s disinformation propaganda gaslighters and can strike at…
Credibility and other factors lead to a far more honest accounting from Ukraine than Russia when it comes to Russians…