Commentary
August 2023. Eighteen months ago, Russia launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine. In six remarkable weeks (February–March), the Ukrainian people defeated Russia’s brazen and inept armored and special forces attack.
A drone manoeuvers as it approaches the vessel claimed to be a Russian large landing ship, the Olenegorsky Gonyak, close to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia, in a photo released on Aug. 4, 2023. via AP
Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
