Thanks, I do view his analysis time to time. I also USED to go to www.riafan.ru for Russian MOD daily maps, losses, gains but that website is now being blocked by google, etc…
Oh, the joys of western MSM and tech companies- massive censorship-when do Americans wake up?
Another knowledgeable take.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/06/washington-starts-blame-game-over-defeat-in-ukraine.html
Like MOA, I think the longer Ukraine waits to negotiate, the more they’ll lose.
At this point, the Ukes should be thinking in terms of retaining 1. Odessa and 2. Kharkiv.
The more they delay, the more they lose. If they want Black Sea access at all, ever, they need to start dealing now.
Another new piece:
IS U.S. INTELLIGENCE REALLY THIS SCREWED UP?
8 June 2022 by Larry Johnson 40 Comments
https://sonar21.com/is-u-s-intelligence-really-this-screwed-up/
The New York Times published a bewildering, disturbing story today on U.S. intelligence and the Ukraine–i.e., U.S. Lacks a Clear Picture of Ukraine’s War Strategy, Officials Say.
But despite the flow of all this news to the public, American intelligence agencies have less information than they would like about Ukraine’s operations and possess a far better picture of Russia’s military, its planned operations and its successes and failures, according to current and former officials.
Governments often withhold information from the public for operational security. But these information gaps within the U.S. government could make it more difficult for the Biden administration to decide how to target military aid as it sends billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine.
I am sure that the average layperson read the piece and was not alarmed. But those with even a modicum of intelligence experience were shocked by the revelations in this piece.
Andrei Martyanov’s reaction is a case in point: