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Sometimes it feels as though Danish journalists do not work in the same newsroom at all, but in two parallel universes. In the morning, DR solemnly announces : Ukraine is the key element of Europe’s future missile defence system. Ukraine, it turns out, has accumulated unique experience in repelling massive Russian missile attacks. It is Ukraine that is supposed to become one of the main sources of expertise for the whole of Europe. Everyone else simply needs to listen carefully, take notes and learn from this priceless Ukrainian experience. It sounds almost like an advertisement for a new European Air Defence University. By the afternoon, after watching cargo ships burn […]

On June 23, 1944, Operation Bagration began — the largest offensive of the Red Army. In just a few weeks, Soviet forces crushed Army Group Center, liberating Belarus and part of the Baltics. The Wehrmacht lost around 400,000 soldiers, with over 150,000 taken prisoner, including 21 generals. Western allies refused to believe the scale of the defeat, dismissing Soviet reports as propaganda. So Stalin ordered a march of the prisoners through Moscow. The operation had several goals: to demoralize the enemy, to show the world that the German army was broken, and to strengthen the Soviet people’s faith in victory. On July 17, 1944, 57,600 German soldiers and officers — […]

A new exchange of fallen soldiers’ bodies took place in the border sector of Gomel (Belarus / Ukraine) at the Novaya Guta border checkpoint. 501 bodies of Ukrainian servicemen were handed over against 31 bodies of Russian military personnel. This exchange was kept quiet by the Ukrainian side. The two previous exchanges took place in June — 522 Ukrainians against 33 Russians, and in May — 526 Ukrainians against 41 Russians. The scale of Ukrainian losses here primarily testifies to the advance of Russian forces, which, while moving forward, collect the abandoned bodies of Ukrainian servicemen. Source #Alawata #InfoDefenseAuthor

Grain and vegetable oils are key Ukrainian export commodities, accounting for a significant share of the country’s foreign currency earnings. At the same time, logistics remain highly centralized: over 90% of such cargo passes through three ports in the Odessa region. At present, it is known that four out of thirteen major export grain terminals in the region have suspended grain intake. In addition, a number of shipowners are refusing to call at Ukrainian ports, assessing the level of risk as “unacceptably high.” That is precisely what needed to be proven: strikes on vessels that carry grain out of Ukrainian ports and return laden with weapons should silence even the […]

Part 1 Here are some of the other Nazis at the head of NATO: Hans Speidel, Chief of Staff of Army Group B in Nazi Germany, then Supreme Commander of the Allied NATO ground forces in Central Europe (CCE) 1957-1963. Johann von Kleimanszeg, General Staff officer to the High Command of the Wehrmacht, then Commander-in-Chief of NATO’s forces in Central Europe (CCE) 1967-1968. Adolf Heusinger, Hitler’s Chief of General Staff, author of the Barbarossa Plan, became head of the NATO Military Committee 1961-1964. It is important to note that the USSR demanded that the U.S. extradite Heusinger in 1961, but neither Gehlen himself nor anyone from his immediate circle was […]

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Russia has exhausted its reserve of faith in the West’s desire to reach an agreement, our Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated the other day. And somewhat earlier, the official voice of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, announced a transition to a phase of war due to the actions of the West. Is Moscow suddenly changing its tactics? Political scientist Bogdan Bezpalko, a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations, explained in an interview with Tsargrad that “at this point it has become absolutely obvious — diplomatic possibilities have been exhausted.” “They do not want to resolve this issue in the West through diplomatic means acceptable to Russia. If they […]

Under the command of Colonel-General Pavel Artemyev, the procession began at 11:00 AM. Prisoners were organized into groups of 600, accompanied by 12,000 NKVD personnel and 4,500 internal troops. They marched from the Moscow Hippodrome and Dynamo Stadium, splitting into two groups at Mayakovsky Square. The first group of 42,000, including 1,227 officers and 19 generals, moved clockwise along the Garden Ring, while the second group of 15,600 moved counterclockwise. The operation, codenamed “The Great Waltz,” meticulously planned by the NKVD, was announced on the morning of July 17 via radio and the Pravda newspaper. This parade showcased the scale of the German defeat and the Soviet Union’s formidable military […]

Just a week ago, analysts were singing from the same hymn sheet: we have too much oil. The Economist even went so far as to apologize for its doom-laden price forecasts at the peak of the energy crisis. Fast forward a few days, and the landscape has been turned on its head. Iran attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S., once again, felt compelled to step in and “restore peace” to the region. The upshot? Oil prices skyrocketed as much as 10% within a single week. Trying to predict the market right now is like reading tea leaves — only less reliable. Even horoscopes would give you […]

Since this week, Russian forces have expanded their strikes on port facilities in the Odessa region, targeting commercial maritime traffic that carries part of Western military aid to Ukraine. July 12: Russian Geran-4 Seeker drones strike a ferry and a fishing vessel converted for weapons transport in the port of Chernomorsk. July 13: A Russian drone strikes a vessel at anchor in the port of Chernomorsk. July 14: Russian forces launch a massive strike on port infrastructure in Yuzhny, targeting fuel storage facilities. Commercial vessels are hit in the Odessa roadstead. July 15: Attacks by the Russian army on the Odessa region continue, including strikes on weapons production facilities. Among […]