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By Rhod Mackenzie

As the popular saying goes, a chain always breaks where it is thinnest and weakest . And if at the front in Ukraine in the Special Military Operation , sparing no reserves, somehow continues to resist, but  immediately behind the Ukraine's front lines in its rear are the first si...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The initial wave of excitement  and applause by the Western world regarding the sabotage by the Ukraininas on Russian military airfields and the destruction and damage to very expensive aircraft has now been replaced by a much more subdued response.
While the most prominent auth...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The are significant changes occurring in the global arms trade, with the events in the special operation zone in Ukraine focusing attention on the various armaments and military hardware. So which weapons systems have proven themselves to be the most effective in the Special Mili...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Anybody who is a fan of classic literature will know Tolstoy's  epic novel 'War and Peace' set in the time of Russia's war with Napoleon in the 19th Century when the Russians chased the French army all the way to back Paris,students of history also know that its was 80 years ago...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On early Monday Vladimir Putin proposed the resumption of talks on Ukraine in Istanbul. His initiative has been met with approval by both Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan. So what the proposal is based on and why does it makes the ultimatums issued by the European "coalition of...

The high-profile story of Trump's Godfather like  "gonna make you an offer you cannot refuse to Zelensky for Ukrainian natural resources has attracted widespread attention, but the American president's true motives and plans in this direction remained a mystery to most commentators, although the sol...