Tuesday, March 31, 2026

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Sergey Poletaev

4 ARTICLES
Sergey Poletaev is an information analyst and publicist. He specializes in Russian foreign policy and in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.




Shock and awe is dead: What Russia understood – and Washington still doesn’t

Decades of military doctrine crumble as Tehran controls the Gulf and time runs out for Washington. A day and a half before the expiration of...

No turning point for Ukraine: The frontline reality Western media won’t show

From stalled urban battles to collapsing strongholds, developments in December highlight Russia’s growing operational advantage. By late December, the gap between political statements and battlefield...

Ukraine can’t stop it, maps can’t hide it: Russia’s summer blitz redraws the war

A detailed breakdown of the new offensive that’s reshaping the battlefield from Sumy to Dnepropetrovsk. As the spring sun gave way to the heat of...

Zelensky’s ‘peace conference’ will go down in history, but not in the way you might think

The gathering in Switzerland could become a rare thing which is forgotten about now but remembered as significant decades later. There was nothing memorable about...

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