Severodonetsk is not Mariupol – its a logistical warning to Ukraine and NATO in months to come
15 July 2022 Russia destroyed the last bridge connecting the contested city of Severodonetsk to Ukraine. This means that the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are cut off from the rest…
The cure to Canadian military woes could prove as destructive as the disease
7 June 2022 Those of our readers who follow Canadian military affairs will already be aware that for some time it has been becoming increasingly obvious that there are deeply…
Long Way Still But Rebuilding Ukraine Through Reparations?
27 May 2022 The Russian invasion of Ukraine is entering its fourth month. Ukrainian President Zelenskky told the Davos 2022 World Economic Forum that Ukraine suffered a loss of more…
Putin’s Victory Day Speech: Tepid, but There’s a Rising Scapegoat
10 May 2022 President Putin marked the first Victory Day celebration since their invasion of Ukraine. Obviously, the usual pomp and circumstance of a military parade in Red Square occurred.…
Russia has Surrendered its Sovereignty
17 April 2022 We are watching a significant moment in history unfold before our eyes in Ukraine, a heroic struggle that will be spoken of for centuries. We need to…
The Government of Canada has no idea what it’s doing on Defence
29 March 2022 The news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has garnered a fairly intense reaction in Canada, at least by Canadian standards as far as a foreign policy…
Hypersonic Missiles and Ukrainian Air Defence Woes
22 March 2022 Russia claims that it used a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile against a large Ukrainian munitions depot in the western Ivano-Frankivsk region. This would be the first…
Ukrainian Children and Maternity Wards Bombed and a Significant New Russian Air Force Development
9 March 2022 Eyes on Mariupol The intense shelling of the port city of Mariupol (population close to 400,000), as with many Ukrainian cities, has been going on for days.…
The Balkans: The Next Domino After Ukraine.
4 March 2022 Last week DefRep reported in the opening days of Russia’s appalling assault on Ukraine that as part of Putin’s attempt to upend the international order Moscow has…
Ukraine’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant on Fire due to Russian Shelling
3 March 2022 * Updated 4 March 2022, 0736 PST The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe and the fifth-largest in the world, is on…
