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(Photo by Andre Luis Alves/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) All is not coming up roses for Russian military leadership. The command structure that began the murderous campaign in Ukraine is getting an overhaul. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed General Aleksandr V. Dvornikov to take charge of the Russian army in Ukraine. Dvornikov previously commanded the…

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(Photo by Hakan Akgun/dia images via Getty Images) Are the Russians using chemicals in Ukraine? As more reports come in from the battle frontlines, the question must be asked. Liberty Nation reported on the potential of the Kremlin using chemical munitions before, but fewer accounts at the time indicated such tactics were being employed. The latest from Mariupol,…

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Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo by Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) February 4, 2022, President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi Jinping issued the “Joint Statement of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on the International Relations Entering a New Era and the Global Sustainable…

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Vladimir Putin (Photo by Kremlin Press Service/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Examining the invasion of Ukraine – or “Special Operation,” as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin calls it – one must ask: Was there a plan? Though Moscow has reconstituted its forces and is advancing again in a renewed offensive, this time focusing on eastern Ukraine,…

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Kim Jong-un (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) China and North Korea remain the two major Indo-Pacific threats in the 2022 National Defense Strategy fact sheet. But North Korea actively demonstrates the menace it is with long- and short-range missile tests and preparations to resume nuclear testing. The most recent test involved two short-range, nuclear-capable tactical guided missiles….

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PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 22: Elections flyers are seen with liberal candidate Emmanuel Macron (L) and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (R) on April 22, 2022 in Paris, France. French citizens will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president and choose between far-right leader Marine Le Pen and liberal candidate and…

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(Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) Most observers evaluating the Russian invasion of Ukraine remain perplexed that, as some have assessed, the world’s second strongest military is losing. Early indications were that lack of adequate planning contributed to Russia’s lackluster performance. That’s accurate, but let’s add four other reasons to explain Moscow’s failure to subdue the much smaller…

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Vladimir Putin (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) Over 40 nations met recently in Germany to discuss ways of supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Moscow’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov responded to the gathering with a threat of tactical nuclear response. The Kremlin official made the threat, many believe, to frighten countries pledging to support Ukraine. However, this…

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(Photo by Contributor/Getty Images) When Putin said, in 2005, the fall of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century, the US and NATO should have known the Russian president would try to reclaim the lost power. Despite Moscow’s presently stalled offensive in Ukraine, there is a pattern emerging that the US…

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