All posts by Basil Germond
Russia’s inability to dominate the sea has changed the course of the war
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago, most of the fighting has been on land. However, there has also been a less visible – but nonetheless crucial – maritime dimension to the war across the full spectrum…
Ukraine war: mobilisation and forced conscription shows the failure of Russia’s inflexible ‘continental’ mindset
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilisation follows Russia’s strategic and operational failures in Ukraine. It also confirms the Kremlin’s inability to think outside the box of its old doctrine. Moscow’s response remains the same as before –…