Rob Lee
@RALee85
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Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.
Joined November 2015
Mike @KofmanMichael and I wrote about the upcoming Ukrainian offensive and what comes afterwards. Although Ukraine will likely make gains, this offensive is unlikely to end the war. Western countries need a plan for supporting Ukraine for a long war.
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"President Donald Trump for the first time since returning to office will send weapons to Kyiv under a presidential power frequently used by his predecessor, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday, a move suggesting new interest by the president in defending
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An officer of the Ukrainian SBU security service's Alpha special forces unit has been shot dead in Kyiv, officials tell me. The victim was IDd as Ivan Voronych. The SBU said a murder case has been opened and its agents along with National Police are investigating and working to.
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Colonel Ivan Voronych “of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) was shot dead in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district on the morning of 10 July.”.
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Video of Ukrainian fiber optic cable and regular FPV strikes. 26/.
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The Ukrainian Air Force says that Russian launched 415 missiles and OWA UAVs overnight, including 397 Shahed-type OWA and simulator UAVs, 8 Iskander-M, 6 Kh-101, and 4 S-300. Yesterday, Russia launched 741 missiles and OWA UAVs, including 728 Shahed-type OWA and simulator UAVs,
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian launched 539 Shahed OWA or simulator UAVs (more than 330 were Shaheds), 1 Kinzhal, 6 Iskander-M / Kn-23, and 4 Iskander-K last night.
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RT @idreesali114: The United States is delivering artillery shells and mobile rocket artillery missiles to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told….
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На шляху до Покровську зв'язківці 68 ОЄБр побачили маленьке оленятко, що заплуталось у сітці. Наші хлопці не змогли пройти повз, адже коли в біді опиняються найбеззахисніші – кожен обирає, ким бути: свідком чи рятівником. Бо серце воїна – це не лише про силу. Це ще й про
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A covered and concealed 120mm mortar position from Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade.
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RT @EODHappyCaptain: Calm. Cool. Collected. Named everyone else on his crew. Said “anyone else would have done the same,” and then saved cl….
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RT @kaitlancollins: President Trump on sending more weapons to Ukraine: "We're gonna send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be ab….
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"Either way, Ukrainian soldiers say Russia’s expanded drone strike capacity gives it an edge it did not have during previous assaults. 'Before, they could hit targets within two or three kilometers,' or less than two miles, said the commander of the unit operating crewless
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Video from Ukraine's 63rd Mechanized Brigade of a Russian motorcycle assault countered with caltrops, concertina wire, artillery, and mines. After the soldiers abandoned their bikes, FPVs targeted the bikes and then the infantry. 102/.
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Videos of Russian FPV strikes on Ukrainian UGVs. In the second video, the UGV is conducting a CASEVAC and an armored vehicle comes to pick up the soldiers after the FPV strike. 46/.
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RT @Tatarigami_UA: Today’s satellite analysis:. Borisoglebsk Air Base – the area used for gear (drop tanks/armament parts) has burn marks,….
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Updated map showing Russian advances north of Velyka Novosilka.
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According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russian launched 539 Shahed OWA or simulator UAVs (more than 330 were Shaheds), 1 Kinzhal, 6 Iskander-M / Kn-23, and 4 Iskander-K last night.
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