⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦📜 Boris Rozhin on Victories and Failures of the First Military Year⚡️
The military expert on stages of #SMO, LPR liberation, mistakes of the Russian army and de facto legalization of PMCs
Periodization of SMO
🔹What stages would you divide the past 10 months of SMO into?
1. From the beginning of the SMO to the withdrawal from #Kiev;
2. Late March - early May - completion of Battle for #Mariupol;
3. May-July - Liberation of the LPR;
4. August - September - AFU counteroffensive. Loss of #Izyum, successful defensive operation on the Right Bank bridgehead;
5. October - December - final formation of a position front, withdrawal from #Kherson.
Azov - Inland sea of #Russia
🔹Which victory on the front do you consider most significant?
- The defeat of the enemy in the #Severodonetsk - #Lysychansk agglomeration, which made it possible to liberate the territory of the LPR. Next in importance is the encirclement and defeat of the #Mariupol grouping of the AFU. In both battles, the enemy sustained heavy losses in manpower and equipment, losing major cities and leaving large areas behind.
In addition, the victory at #Mariupol allowed #Russia to pierce a land corridor to #Crimea and make the Sea of Azov an inland Russian sea.
Defeat at #Balakleya
🔹A similar question, but with a minus sign. Which setback made the most painful impression on you?
Defeat at #Balakleya, which resulted in the forced withdrawal from #Izyum, and the subsequent loss of Kupyansk and Krasny #Liman. This blow was warned about, but no proper measures were taken, due to which the loss of territory and considerable materiel was allowed to occur. Militarily, this is our most significant defeat in 2022.
Syriaization awaits #Ukraine
🔹Now, 10 months after the start of the SMO, can we say that we have not been sufficiently prepared for the level of military conflict that is taking place in #Ukraine?
- As events on the front line have shown, no one was fully prepared for the type of war that has started in #Ukraine. Including #Russia, which had to adapt to the type of war it had not prepared for. As pointed out back in March, the war will follow a Syrianization path, which implies extended fronts and an indefinite duration of the war with its maximum internationalisation. The problems of the Russian Federation were mainly objective in nature, which was further exacerbated by various unforced errors of an organisational and managerial nature, some of which had already been officially acknowledged in the autumn.
The success of Wagner is natural
🔹One of the main heroes of the SMO were the fighters of the Wagner PMC, which has proved to be excellent in combat operations. Was it expected, given the involvement of PMCs in the Syrian war, or it still came as some kind of surprise?
- Since we`ve been following the operations of Wagner PMCs in #Syria, #Libya and #Africa, there are no surprises about its successes. Qualitative assault work of Wagner could be observed in #Syria (for example, during the storming of #Palmyra and #Akerbat) or in #Libya during the fighting for #Tripoli. Of course, for those who have not tracked the work of Wagner in remote theater, the PMCs' success was somewhat surprising. The main outcome of this participation is the fact that PMCs have received full legalization in Russia, even in the absence of the law regulating the activities of PMCs. Not de jure, but de facto.
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The military expert on stages of #SMO, LPR liberation, mistakes of the Russian army and de facto legalization of PMCs
Periodization of SMO
🔹What stages would you divide the past 10 months of SMO into?
1. From the beginning of the SMO to the withdrawal from #Kiev;
2. Late March - early May - completion of Battle for #Mariupol;
3. May-July - Liberation of the LPR;
4. August - September - AFU counteroffensive. Loss of #Izyum, successful defensive operation on the Right Bank bridgehead;
5. October - December - final formation of a position front, withdrawal from #Kherson.
Azov - Inland sea of #Russia
🔹Which victory on the front do you consider most significant?
- The defeat of the enemy in the #Severodonetsk - #Lysychansk agglomeration, which made it possible to liberate the territory of the LPR. Next in importance is the encirclement and defeat of the #Mariupol grouping of the AFU. In both battles, the enemy sustained heavy losses in manpower and equipment, losing major cities and leaving large areas behind.
In addition, the victory at #Mariupol allowed #Russia to pierce a land corridor to #Crimea and make the Sea of Azov an inland Russian sea.
Defeat at #Balakleya
🔹A similar question, but with a minus sign. Which setback made the most painful impression on you?
Defeat at #Balakleya, which resulted in the forced withdrawal from #Izyum, and the subsequent loss of Kupyansk and Krasny #Liman. This blow was warned about, but no proper measures were taken, due to which the loss of territory and considerable materiel was allowed to occur. Militarily, this is our most significant defeat in 2022.
Syriaization awaits #Ukraine
🔹Now, 10 months after the start of the SMO, can we say that we have not been sufficiently prepared for the level of military conflict that is taking place in #Ukraine?
- As events on the front line have shown, no one was fully prepared for the type of war that has started in #Ukraine. Including #Russia, which had to adapt to the type of war it had not prepared for. As pointed out back in March, the war will follow a Syrianization path, which implies extended fronts and an indefinite duration of the war with its maximum internationalisation. The problems of the Russian Federation were mainly objective in nature, which was further exacerbated by various unforced errors of an organisational and managerial nature, some of which had already been officially acknowledged in the autumn.
The success of Wagner is natural
🔹One of the main heroes of the SMO were the fighters of the Wagner PMC, which has proved to be excellent in combat operations. Was it expected, given the involvement of PMCs in the Syrian war, or it still came as some kind of surprise?
- Since we`ve been following the operations of Wagner PMCs in #Syria, #Libya and #Africa, there are no surprises about its successes. Qualitative assault work of Wagner could be observed in #Syria (for example, during the storming of #Palmyra and #Akerbat) or in #Libya during the fighting for #Tripoli. Of course, for those who have not tracked the work of Wagner in remote theater, the PMCs' success was somewhat surprising. The main outcome of this participation is the fact that PMCs have received full legalization in Russia, even in the absence of the law regulating the activities of PMCs. Not de jure, but de facto.
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Победы и неудачи первого военного года
Военный эксперт Борис Рожин об этапах СВО, освобождении ЛНР, ошибках Русской армии и фактической легализации ЧВК — специально для канала Vоенкор Котенок Z @voenkorKotenok
Периодизация СВО
- На какие этапы Вы бы разделили…
Военный эксперт Борис Рожин об этапах СВО, освобождении ЛНР, ошибках Русской армии и фактической легализации ЧВК — специально для канала Vоенкор Котенок Z @voenkorKotenok
Периодизация СВО
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🇲🇱🇷🇺 New military aid package from Russia to Mali
An official ceremony was held yesterday at the presidential pavilion at Bamako International Airport in the presence of Russian Ambassador Igor Gromyko to hand over a new batch of Russian arms to the Malian military. According to local sources, the Malian Air Force received:
➖One Su-25 attack aircraft;
➖Six L-39 combat training aircraft;
➖Two Mi-8 helicopters.
The commander of the Malian air force, General Alou boy Diarra has rightly described the Russian equipment received as "an unprecedented modernization of the Malian forces". Apparently, the latest batch of military assistance was the largest since the beginning of cooperation between Mali and Russia.
Thus, since October 2021, the Malian military has received a total of four Mi-17 helicopters, four Mi-35 helicopters, two Mi-8 helicopters, ten L-39 combat training aircraft and five Su-25 units. Against the background of France, which refuses to supply its satellites with the necessary equipment, Russia looks a more serious and reliable military ally for the African countries.
#Africa #Mali #Russia
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An official ceremony was held yesterday at the presidential pavilion at Bamako International Airport in the presence of Russian Ambassador Igor Gromyko to hand over a new batch of Russian arms to the Malian military. According to local sources, the Malian Air Force received:
➖One Su-25 attack aircraft;
➖Six L-39 combat training aircraft;
➖Two Mi-8 helicopters.
The commander of the Malian air force, General Alou boy Diarra has rightly described the Russian equipment received as "an unprecedented modernization of the Malian forces". Apparently, the latest batch of military assistance was the largest since the beginning of cooperation between Mali and Russia.
Thus, since October 2021, the Malian military has received a total of four Mi-17 helicopters, four Mi-35 helicopters, two Mi-8 helicopters, ten L-39 combat training aircraft and five Su-25 units. Against the background of France, which refuses to supply its satellites with the necessary equipment, Russia looks a more serious and reliable military ally for the African countries.
#Africa #Mali #Russia
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⚡️🇺🇸🇺🇦💸 Smuggling from #Ukraine of Weapons supplied by the West to the AFU⚡️
A few days ago, colleagues from the Telegram Channel ANNA NEWS wondered where some of the weapons supplied by Western states to the AFU go. According to the story, the Ukrainian government is writing off oversized types of weapons under the pretext of combat operations and high consumption of all the property.
The process is overseen by Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine's main intelligence directorate, and assisted by the head of the #Odessa regional administration, Maxim Marchenko, who was recently removed from his post.
🔹Why #Odessa?
The city hosts a major port whose infrastructure allows the passage of large flows of cargo ships. There is virtually no control over the goods carried on the ships, thanks to the grain deal concluded last year, which was safely extended a few days ago.
Various cargoes supplied by the West are brought into #Odessa port completely unhindered through Bulgarian and Romanian seaports, as well as directly in transit through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. This is also how smuggling out of #Odessa takes place.
🔹Where is Everything going?
Some of the weapons do go to #Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. However, separatist and terrorist groups operating in the regions can hardly afford to buy even a sufficient number of assault rifles.
Therefore, the main flows of smuggling go to criminal organisations and radical national diasporas in #Europe. They are the most solvent customers due to their participation in various black market activities.
🔹Why Europe?
American foreign policy and position in the #Ukraine conflict is not only to weaken #Russia, but also to implement the total impoverishment of European states in order to further their total subjugation to their will.
Since the start of the #SMO, #Europe has been hit by a serious economic and energy crisis, prompting many large businesses and companies to move their infrastructure and financial flows to the safer states.
All #EU countries are now effectively left behind, as the sanctions imposed on #Russia have done more damage to the #EU itself and forced it to surrender completely to the control of US policy.
The outflow of weapons into the hands of criminal elements or ethnic diasporas in #Europe, who run the "back end" of the economy, allows the creation of well-equipped cells in European states, which are bound to be used under certain circumstances. Arms smuggling also leads to increased criminality and sets the stage for businesses to leave #Europe.
🔹 So the Americans are involved in Smuggling?
The illegal sale of the supplied weapons by the Ukrainian authorities could not be organized without assistance or a go-ahead from Washington. If it were not for the leaked evidence of what is happening, no one would have paid attention to it.
The conflict in #Ukraine created favourable conditions for the organisation of alternative supply routes for various criminal and extremist groups operating in different regions of the world. First and foremost, in Europe itself.
The flourishing corruption at the top of the Ukrainian government, together with the "war will pay for everything" principle, has eliminated any possibility of actual control over the activities of the Ukrainian authorities in the use of military aid for its intended purpose.
And this most smuggled weapon with ammunition in the future will begin to suddenly pop up exactly where the US will need to artificially create an escalation.
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A few days ago, colleagues from the Telegram Channel ANNA NEWS wondered where some of the weapons supplied by Western states to the AFU go. According to the story, the Ukrainian government is writing off oversized types of weapons under the pretext of combat operations and high consumption of all the property.
The process is overseen by Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine's main intelligence directorate, and assisted by the head of the #Odessa regional administration, Maxim Marchenko, who was recently removed from his post.
🔹Why #Odessa?
The city hosts a major port whose infrastructure allows the passage of large flows of cargo ships. There is virtually no control over the goods carried on the ships, thanks to the grain deal concluded last year, which was safely extended a few days ago.
Various cargoes supplied by the West are brought into #Odessa port completely unhindered through Bulgarian and Romanian seaports, as well as directly in transit through the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits. This is also how smuggling out of #Odessa takes place.
🔹Where is Everything going?
Some of the weapons do go to #Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. However, separatist and terrorist groups operating in the regions can hardly afford to buy even a sufficient number of assault rifles.
Therefore, the main flows of smuggling go to criminal organisations and radical national diasporas in #Europe. They are the most solvent customers due to their participation in various black market activities.
🔹Why Europe?
American foreign policy and position in the #Ukraine conflict is not only to weaken #Russia, but also to implement the total impoverishment of European states in order to further their total subjugation to their will.
Since the start of the #SMO, #Europe has been hit by a serious economic and energy crisis, prompting many large businesses and companies to move their infrastructure and financial flows to the safer states.
All #EU countries are now effectively left behind, as the sanctions imposed on #Russia have done more damage to the #EU itself and forced it to surrender completely to the control of US policy.
The outflow of weapons into the hands of criminal elements or ethnic diasporas in #Europe, who run the "back end" of the economy, allows the creation of well-equipped cells in European states, which are bound to be used under certain circumstances. Arms smuggling also leads to increased criminality and sets the stage for businesses to leave #Europe.
🔹 So the Americans are involved in Smuggling?
The illegal sale of the supplied weapons by the Ukrainian authorities could not be organized without assistance or a go-ahead from Washington. If it were not for the leaked evidence of what is happening, no one would have paid attention to it.
The conflict in #Ukraine created favourable conditions for the organisation of alternative supply routes for various criminal and extremist groups operating in different regions of the world. First and foremost, in Europe itself.
The flourishing corruption at the top of the Ukrainian government, together with the "war will pay for everything" principle, has eliminated any possibility of actual control over the activities of the Ukrainian authorities in the use of military aid for its intended purpose.
And this most smuggled weapon with ammunition in the future will begin to suddenly pop up exactly where the US will need to artificially create an escalation.
📜 Rybar
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🇷🇺🌍📄 Russia made an emphasis on Africa in its Foreign Policy Concept
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the Foreign Policy Concept. In it Russia for the first time made an emphasis on Africa.
Despite the fact that the media constantly discussed the topic of Russia's active participation in African affairs, previously this direction was not a priority for the country. The main actor was Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner PMC.
▪️However, the tide has turned. As the relations between the Western world and Russia heated up, the latter is looking for new directions, and Africa, given its rich history of cooperation with the Soviet Union, is now one of the key vectors.
🔻This document provides some insights, and the way it is put into practice needs to be monitored.
In a new concept "some developed states" (meaning the USA and European countries) are accused "of the sophisticated neo-colonial policies towards Africa".
▪️Russia intends to "support in ensuring the independence of the states through assistance in the areas of security, including food and energy security, military and military-technical cooperation".
Adding to that, Russia will provide an "assistance in settling and overcoming the consequences of armed conflicts in Africa advocating the leading role of African States in these efforts, based on their formulation of the principle "African problems - African solution"".
▪️The document puts an emphasis on "expanding trade and investment with African states and African integration structures (primarily the African Continental Free Trade Area, the African Export-Import Bank and other sub-regional organizations), including through the EAEU".
▪️Russia points out "the strengthening and deepening of Russian-African cooperation in various fields on a bilateral and multilateral basis, first of all within the framework of the African Union and the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum".
🔻Previously, Africa was delegated much smaller space in Foreign Policy Concepts and in the Foreign Policy overall.
However, now Russia shows that Africa is one of the most important regions, and Russia will do everything in its power to strengthen the influence on the continent.
#Russia #Africa
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Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the Foreign Policy Concept. In it Russia for the first time made an emphasis on Africa.
Despite the fact that the media constantly discussed the topic of Russia's active participation in African affairs, previously this direction was not a priority for the country. The main actor was Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner PMC.
▪️However, the tide has turned. As the relations between the Western world and Russia heated up, the latter is looking for new directions, and Africa, given its rich history of cooperation with the Soviet Union, is now one of the key vectors.
🔻This document provides some insights, and the way it is put into practice needs to be monitored.
In a new concept "some developed states" (meaning the USA and European countries) are accused "of the sophisticated neo-colonial policies towards Africa".
▪️Russia intends to "support in ensuring the independence of the states through assistance in the areas of security, including food and energy security, military and military-technical cooperation".
Adding to that, Russia will provide an "assistance in settling and overcoming the consequences of armed conflicts in Africa advocating the leading role of African States in these efforts, based on their formulation of the principle "African problems - African solution"".
▪️The document puts an emphasis on "expanding trade and investment with African states and African integration structures (primarily the African Continental Free Trade Area, the African Export-Import Bank and other sub-regional organizations), including through the EAEU".
▪️Russia points out "the strengthening and deepening of Russian-African cooperation in various fields on a bilateral and multilateral basis, first of all within the framework of the African Union and the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum".
🔻Previously, Africa was delegated much smaller space in Foreign Policy Concepts and in the Foreign Policy overall.
However, now Russia shows that Africa is one of the most important regions, and Russia will do everything in its power to strengthen the influence on the continent.
#Russia #Africa
@africaintel
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 US Response on the permanent AFU Whining⚡️
💬 "#Ukraine has received over 600 types of weapons for the counteroffensive. This is more than any army in the world has", said Colonel Martin O'Donnell, the speaker of the US Armed Forces Command in #Europe and #Africa.
It is very similar to a hint to the Ukrainian leadership that it is enough in the public field to whine about the lack of something and justify the lack of offensive activity of the AFU at the front.
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💬 "#Ukraine has received over 600 types of weapons for the counteroffensive. This is more than any army in the world has", said Colonel Martin O'Donnell, the speaker of the US Armed Forces Command in #Europe and #Africa.
It is very similar to a hint to the Ukrainian leadership that it is enough in the public field to whine about the lack of something and justify the lack of offensive activity of the AFU at the front.
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🇪🇸♦️Ucrania 🇺🇦 ha recibido unos 600 tipos de armas para un contraataque, más que cualquier ejército del mundo, afirma O'Donnell, portavoz del Mando para Europa y África del Ejército estadounidense 🇺🇸
Según él, aún no se han utilizado en combate todas las…
Según él, aún no se han utilizado en combate todas las…
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 16 May 2023, Main; pub. 21:11⚡️
▪️ South Africa's president said he had spoken to Putin and Zelensky on behalf of #Africa and they had agreed to accept a mission by African leaders on a peace initiative;
▪️ The RF Armed Forces have destroyed a US Patriot air defence system in #Kiev with a 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;
▪️ According to CNN, one of the Patriot systems supplied to #Ukraine has been damaged;
▪️ Russian air defence systems shot down 7 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 7 HIMARS missiles and 22 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, MoD said;
▪️ US officials and a Western official have confirmed that #Ukraine has begun using Storm Shadow cruise missiles, CNN reported;
▪️ Ukrainian Su-24 and Su-25 aircraft have been shot down over the DPR, MoD said;
▪️ The military of the RF has repelled 10 Ukrainian attacks near #Krasnoye in the DPR, and destroyed a highway overpass in #Krasnoye, through which the AFU was bringing reinforcements to #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut), MoD said;
▪️ Kiev lost more than 120 servicemen in the #Kupyansk and Krasny #Liman directions, and up to 215 in the #Donetsk direction, the MoD said.
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▪️ South Africa's president said he had spoken to Putin and Zelensky on behalf of #Africa and they had agreed to accept a mission by African leaders on a peace initiative;
▪️ The RF Armed Forces have destroyed a US Patriot air defence system in #Kiev with a 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;
▪️ According to CNN, one of the Patriot systems supplied to #Ukraine has been damaged;
▪️ Russian air defence systems shot down 7 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 7 HIMARS missiles and 22 Ukrainian drones in 24 hours, MoD said;
▪️ US officials and a Western official have confirmed that #Ukraine has begun using Storm Shadow cruise missiles, CNN reported;
▪️ Ukrainian Su-24 and Su-25 aircraft have been shot down over the DPR, MoD said;
▪️ The military of the RF has repelled 10 Ukrainian attacks near #Krasnoye in the DPR, and destroyed a highway overpass in #Krasnoye, through which the AFU was bringing reinforcements to #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut), MoD said;
▪️ Kiev lost more than 120 servicemen in the #Kupyansk and Krasny #Liman directions, and up to 215 in the #Donetsk direction, the MoD said.
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🇬🇧🌍 How Great Britain tries to recreate its colonial empire in Africa
Russian channel Rybar analyzed the British expansion into Africa.
The most interesting part of the material lies in the current state of Great Britain’s policies towards African continent and how it tried to maintain position after the disband of colonial empire.
▪️In the middle of 20th century British government after the pressure from the US decided to change its format of interaction with the newly formed states. Despite granting them formal independence, Great Britain replaced direct control with an indirect one.
Most of the former colonies did not have any national industries or skilled workers to develop them. Trying to gain something by selling resources was also destined to fail, since the international market was already divided between developed states.
The most logical way for local leaders in this dire situation was to ask its former colonizer and British companies for a help to win some place under the sun. Thus newly formed countries sold themselves to UK and were forced to play by its rules in hopes of gaining access to the international market and develop somehow.
▪️The main British interest in African countries lies in mining, mineral extraction and financial services, since the continent is viewed as a source of raw materials. Thus 88% of all Great Britain’s investments in the region lie in these spheres. Other fields that African really need to improve, like communication and agriculture, are overlooked.
▪️Moreover, Britain maintains a military presence on the territory of about 40 countries of Africa. The UK government justifies its presence by training African personnel, peacekeeping missions and the fight against terrorism.
But all this activity, for the most part, exists only on paper, and the situation of fragmentation and terrorism has not improved at all during the time British "peacekeepers" have been on the continent.
▪️The situation to this day doesn't look so good. Dependence on Britain persists. However, with the rise of other foreign players in the end of 20th and beginning of 21st centuries, Africa can see some improvements.
#UK #Africa
@africaintel @rybar
Russian channel Rybar analyzed the British expansion into Africa.
The most interesting part of the material lies in the current state of Great Britain’s policies towards African continent and how it tried to maintain position after the disband of colonial empire.
▪️In the middle of 20th century British government after the pressure from the US decided to change its format of interaction with the newly formed states. Despite granting them formal independence, Great Britain replaced direct control with an indirect one.
Most of the former colonies did not have any national industries or skilled workers to develop them. Trying to gain something by selling resources was also destined to fail, since the international market was already divided between developed states.
The most logical way for local leaders in this dire situation was to ask its former colonizer and British companies for a help to win some place under the sun. Thus newly formed countries sold themselves to UK and were forced to play by its rules in hopes of gaining access to the international market and develop somehow.
▪️The main British interest in African countries lies in mining, mineral extraction and financial services, since the continent is viewed as a source of raw materials. Thus 88% of all Great Britain’s investments in the region lie in these spheres. Other fields that African really need to improve, like communication and agriculture, are overlooked.
▪️Moreover, Britain maintains a military presence on the territory of about 40 countries of Africa. The UK government justifies its presence by training African personnel, peacekeeping missions and the fight against terrorism.
But all this activity, for the most part, exists only on paper, and the situation of fragmentation and terrorism has not improved at all during the time British "peacekeepers" have been on the continent.
▪️The situation to this day doesn't look so good. Dependence on Britain persists. However, with the rise of other foreign players in the end of 20th and beginning of 21st centuries, Africa can see some improvements.
#UK #Africa
@africaintel @rybar
Проект «Рыбарь»
Британская экспансия в Африке
Обычно, говоря о колониальной политике Великобритании, мы подразумеваем период существования Британской империи, которая просуществовала почти триста лет, и на пике своей мощи она по площади превосходила территорию современного Соединенного Королевства в…
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🇺🇸🌍 The US military influence in Africa
Part 1 – Military bases
Recently we’ve covered the theme of the UK’s influence in Africa. But it would be wrong not to talk about the ever-growing US military presence on the continent, which already exceeds that of Britain and France.
🔻After the end of the World War 2 the USA were quick to replace the UK and France as leaders not only in the western world, but also in Africa. However, up until the end of Cold War the continent was mostly viewed as a field for proxy wars with the USSR, and the United States policy was to support the pro-Western forces.
▪️After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the overall interest towards Africa lowered, because the only influential enemy just disappeared. But the 9/11 changed the situation drastically. The theme of terrorism became one of the main in the US international strategy. Whether it is true concern or just a mean to satisfy interests in certain regions, the fact remains that the US military presence greatly increased, and Africa was not an exception.
🔻Since 9/11, the US military has built a sprawling network of outposts in more than a dozen African countries. Officially, it is done so to battle the terrorism. Unofficially, goals also involve suppressing the growing influence of foreign nations, like Russia and China, and influencing African nations to make them more controllable to satisfy political and economic interests.
▪️The full footprint of the United States AFRICOM bases is hard to grasp, since some military facilities the US government tries not to reveal. However, as of now there are 26 active military bases (another one is planned to be established in the Kingdom of Morocco) and also US military personnel is present in 4 UN peacekeeping operations’ bases.
▪️The highest concentrations of the AFRICOM bases are in the Sahelian states on the west side of the continent, as well as in the Horn of Africa in the east. The AFRICOM is actively seeking to enhance its presence and is primed for expansion in the future. Some African states are positive about these bases, since the United States still provide some security to the states and help battle terrorism, like in Somalia, although not so actively.
🔻Despite some improvements, the situation in many countries that host US military personnel remains harsh. At the same time, the USA successfully preserves its influence and interest on the continent, although encountering competition from Russia, China and Turkey. The United States interests in Africa are growing, as the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 indicated, and in trying to satisfy them they will continue to increase military presence
However, having only military bases does not mean a full projection of military power on region. For that special operations are also needed, which is a topic for another post, so stay tuned for part 2.
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Part 1 – Military bases
Recently we’ve covered the theme of the UK’s influence in Africa. But it would be wrong not to talk about the ever-growing US military presence on the continent, which already exceeds that of Britain and France.
🔻After the end of the World War 2 the USA were quick to replace the UK and France as leaders not only in the western world, but also in Africa. However, up until the end of Cold War the continent was mostly viewed as a field for proxy wars with the USSR, and the United States policy was to support the pro-Western forces.
▪️After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the overall interest towards Africa lowered, because the only influential enemy just disappeared. But the 9/11 changed the situation drastically. The theme of terrorism became one of the main in the US international strategy. Whether it is true concern or just a mean to satisfy interests in certain regions, the fact remains that the US military presence greatly increased, and Africa was not an exception.
🔻Since 9/11, the US military has built a sprawling network of outposts in more than a dozen African countries. Officially, it is done so to battle the terrorism. Unofficially, goals also involve suppressing the growing influence of foreign nations, like Russia and China, and influencing African nations to make them more controllable to satisfy political and economic interests.
▪️The full footprint of the United States AFRICOM bases is hard to grasp, since some military facilities the US government tries not to reveal. However, as of now there are 26 active military bases (another one is planned to be established in the Kingdom of Morocco) and also US military personnel is present in 4 UN peacekeeping operations’ bases.
▪️The highest concentrations of the AFRICOM bases are in the Sahelian states on the west side of the continent, as well as in the Horn of Africa in the east. The AFRICOM is actively seeking to enhance its presence and is primed for expansion in the future. Some African states are positive about these bases, since the United States still provide some security to the states and help battle terrorism, like in Somalia, although not so actively.
🔻Despite some improvements, the situation in many countries that host US military personnel remains harsh. At the same time, the USA successfully preserves its influence and interest on the continent, although encountering competition from Russia, China and Turkey. The United States interests in Africa are growing, as the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 indicated, and in trying to satisfy them they will continue to increase military presence
However, having only military bases does not mean a full projection of military power on region. For that special operations are also needed, which is a topic for another post, so stay tuned for part 2.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 15 July 2023, Main; pub. 21:42⚡️
▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that over the course of the day the AFU attempted an offensive in the Donetsk, Krasny #Liman and #SouthDonetsk directions;
▪️ The losses of Ukrainian troops over the day totalled more than 70 servicemen in the Krasny #Liman direction, up to 315 in the #Donetsk direction, 210 in the #SouthDonetsk and #Zaporozhye directions, MoD said;
▪️ Putin spoke by phone with South Africa's president, the leaders discussed, among other things, the African peace initiative on #Ukraine. It will continue to be considered in conjunction with the #Russia - #Africa summit in late July;
▪️ Putin told South African President that commitments to remove obstacles to Russian food and fertiliser exports have not been met;
▪️ An air defense system worked over Belgorod, 2 air targets were shot down on approach to the city, preliminary, there were no victims, the governor said;
▪️ Not a single ship carrying Russian fertilizers has been sent during the Black Sea initiative, the #UN coordinating center said;
▪️ The poorest countries received only 10 percent of the corn and 40 percent of the wheat sent under the grain deal, the centre said;
▪️ The #FSB announced the prevention of an assassination attempt on Simonyan and Sobcha by the Ukrainian special services. Later, a court in #Moscow arrested the defendants in the case;
▪️ The British Defence Ministry said that 18,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been trained on the territory of the kingdom as part of Operation Interflex.
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▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that over the course of the day the AFU attempted an offensive in the Donetsk, Krasny #Liman and #SouthDonetsk directions;
▪️ The losses of Ukrainian troops over the day totalled more than 70 servicemen in the Krasny #Liman direction, up to 315 in the #Donetsk direction, 210 in the #SouthDonetsk and #Zaporozhye directions, MoD said;
▪️ Putin spoke by phone with South Africa's president, the leaders discussed, among other things, the African peace initiative on #Ukraine. It will continue to be considered in conjunction with the #Russia - #Africa summit in late July;
▪️ Putin told South African President that commitments to remove obstacles to Russian food and fertiliser exports have not been met;
▪️ An air defense system worked over Belgorod, 2 air targets were shot down on approach to the city, preliminary, there were no victims, the governor said;
▪️ Not a single ship carrying Russian fertilizers has been sent during the Black Sea initiative, the #UN coordinating center said;
▪️ The poorest countries received only 10 percent of the corn and 40 percent of the wheat sent under the grain deal, the centre said;
▪️ The #FSB announced the prevention of an assassination attempt on Simonyan and Sobcha by the Ukrainian special services. Later, a court in #Moscow arrested the defendants in the case;
▪️ The British Defence Ministry said that 18,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been trained on the territory of the kingdom as part of Operation Interflex.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 24 July 2023, Main; pub. 21:12⚡️
▪️ The continuation of the grain deal, which has failed to justify its humanitarian purpose, has lost its meaning, Putin wrote in an article titled "#Russia and #Africa - joining forces for peace, progress and a successful future";
▪️ #Russia can substitute Ukrainian grain both on a commercial and free-of-charge basis, the Russian president said;
▪️ UAV strikes on two non-residential buildings in #Moscow were recorded in the morning, no serious damage or casualties, Sobyanin said;
▪️ Kiev tried to attack #Crimea with the help of 17 UAVs, all of them were destroyed, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;
▪️ The AFU attempted to regain lost positions in the #Svatovo and Krasny #Liman directions, the enemy suffered significant losses, MoD told RIA Novosti;
▪️ Ukrainian troops lost more than 350 militants during attempts to attack in two directions, MoD also said;
▪️ To prevent terrorist and sabotage actions, vessels travelling through the #Kerch Strait are being checked, the Russian Federal Security Service said;
▪️ #UNESCO head condemned the killing of RIA Novosti war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev and called for an investigation into the circumstances of his death;
▪️ The US citizen and France-Presse journalist was injured in a UAV attack near #Artyomovsk in the #DPR, the agency said;
▪️ The #US believes that it has supplied #Ukraine with everything it needs for a counteroffensive and intends to announce new assistance in the coming days, State Department spokesman Miller said.
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▪️ The continuation of the grain deal, which has failed to justify its humanitarian purpose, has lost its meaning, Putin wrote in an article titled "#Russia and #Africa - joining forces for peace, progress and a successful future";
▪️ #Russia can substitute Ukrainian grain both on a commercial and free-of-charge basis, the Russian president said;
▪️ UAV strikes on two non-residential buildings in #Moscow were recorded in the morning, no serious damage or casualties, Sobyanin said;
▪️ Kiev tried to attack #Crimea with the help of 17 UAVs, all of them were destroyed, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said;
▪️ The AFU attempted to regain lost positions in the #Svatovo and Krasny #Liman directions, the enemy suffered significant losses, MoD told RIA Novosti;
▪️ Ukrainian troops lost more than 350 militants during attempts to attack in two directions, MoD also said;
▪️ To prevent terrorist and sabotage actions, vessels travelling through the #Kerch Strait are being checked, the Russian Federal Security Service said;
▪️ #UNESCO head condemned the killing of RIA Novosti war correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev and called for an investigation into the circumstances of his death;
▪️ The US citizen and France-Presse journalist was injured in a UAV attack near #Artyomovsk in the #DPR, the agency said;
▪️ The #US believes that it has supplied #Ukraine with everything it needs for a counteroffensive and intends to announce new assistance in the coming days, State Department spokesman Miller said.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 31 July 2023, Main; pub. 21:14⚡️
▪️ Ukrainian troops are desperately attacking, but they have no advance, Shoygu said;
▪️ #Ukraine has lost more than 20,000 military personnel and more than 2,200 weapons, including 10 Leopard tanks and 11 Bradley IFVs in July, he also said;
▪️ Shoygu also said Kiev was focusing on attacks on civilian infrastructure in #Russia amid the failed "counteroffensive".
▪️ Russian troops destroy the enemy near the #Antonovsky bridge in #Kherson, the situation is changing in favour of the Dnieper grouping, a spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) told RIA Novosti;
▪️ The situation in the Krasny #Liman direction has improved, there is advancement, Pushilin said;
▪️ Water pumping station infrastructure damaged as a result of Ukrainian UAV attack on #Yasinovataya, the DPR deputy head said;
▪️ Soldiers of the Vostok Grouping in the #Zaporozhye direction have foiled two attempts of combat reconnaissance by Ukrainian troops in the areas of #Priyutnoye and #Rabotino, MoD said;
▪️ Uncontrolled arms deliveries to #Ukraine negatively affect security in #Africa, Burkina Faso's transitional president told RIA Novosti;
▪️ Kiev rejects the idea of mediation and is fixated on the logic of Russia's ultimatums, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's second department for CIS countries, Polishchuk told RIA Novosti;
▪️ No successes for the Kiev regime, it is in a very difficult situation, Peskov said;
▪️ Kiev uses wounded military personnel as biomaterial, taking organs from them for transplantation, Patrushev said;
▪️ Three killed, 15 wounded due to shelling by Ukrainian troops of #Basan village in #Zaporozhye region, Balitsky said.
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▪️ Ukrainian troops are desperately attacking, but they have no advance, Shoygu said;
▪️ #Ukraine has lost more than 20,000 military personnel and more than 2,200 weapons, including 10 Leopard tanks and 11 Bradley IFVs in July, he also said;
▪️ Shoygu also said Kiev was focusing on attacks on civilian infrastructure in #Russia amid the failed "counteroffensive".
▪️ Russian troops destroy the enemy near the #Antonovsky bridge in #Kherson, the situation is changing in favour of the Dnieper grouping, a spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) told RIA Novosti;
▪️ The situation in the Krasny #Liman direction has improved, there is advancement, Pushilin said;
▪️ Water pumping station infrastructure damaged as a result of Ukrainian UAV attack on #Yasinovataya, the DPR deputy head said;
▪️ Soldiers of the Vostok Grouping in the #Zaporozhye direction have foiled two attempts of combat reconnaissance by Ukrainian troops in the areas of #Priyutnoye and #Rabotino, MoD said;
▪️ Uncontrolled arms deliveries to #Ukraine negatively affect security in #Africa, Burkina Faso's transitional president told RIA Novosti;
▪️ Kiev rejects the idea of mediation and is fixated on the logic of Russia's ultimatums, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's second department for CIS countries, Polishchuk told RIA Novosti;
▪️ No successes for the Kiev regime, it is in a very difficult situation, Peskov said;
▪️ Kiev uses wounded military personnel as biomaterial, taking organs from them for transplantation, Patrushev said;
▪️ Three killed, 15 wounded due to shelling by Ukrainian troops of #Basan village in #Zaporozhye region, Balitsky said.
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🇫🇷🌍 An open letter about the collapse of Paris in Africa was written to Macron by 94 French senators.
"Today Niger, yesterday Mali, CAR, Burkina Faso rejected France, French forces, French enterprises," the Le Figaro newspaper quoted the letter, naming Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco among those that have become problematic for France.
After the failure of the French military intervention in 2014, the Wagner Group came to Africa. Specifically to those countries whose leaders unite the population against "the former colonial power," the letter said.
"The French Africa of yesterday is being replaced by a military Russian Africa, an economic Chinese Africa, and a diplomatic American Africa. Africa, a friendly continent, no longer understands France and is increasingly challenging its role and presence," the French senators wrote.
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"Today Niger, yesterday Mali, CAR, Burkina Faso rejected France, French forces, French enterprises," the Le Figaro newspaper quoted the letter, naming Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco among those that have become problematic for France.
After the failure of the French military intervention in 2014, the Wagner Group came to Africa. Specifically to those countries whose leaders unite the population against "the former colonial power," the letter said.
"The French Africa of yesterday is being replaced by a military Russian Africa, an economic Chinese Africa, and a diplomatic American Africa. Africa, a friendly continent, no longer understands France and is increasingly challenging its role and presence," the French senators wrote.
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