Defence Select Committee Report

Westminster’s Defence Select Committee has just published its report into the Government’s Integrated Defence and Security Review, which was published back in March 2021 before the withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Their report is highly critical of the Review in several areas. First and foremost it notes that it has notContinue reading “Defence Select Committee Report”

Ukraine Update

Multiple sources are now reporting that the war in Ukraine is about to enter a new phase. After the Russian attempts on Kyiv and Kharkiv, which were both repulsed, their renewed focus on the Donbas region is now grinding to a halt. Despite their superiority in men and particularly in artillery, the Russians are nowContinue reading “Ukraine Update”

Crawford’s International Defence Review w/e 29th July 2022

Ukraine Update Multiple sources are now reporting that the war in Ukraine is about to enter a new phase. Speculation is mounting that Ukraine is on the cusp of mounting a strategic counter-offensive in the south with the aim of retaking the Kherson oblast and threatening the Russian occupation of Crimea, which they annexed inContinue reading “Crawford’s International Defence Review w/e 29th July 2022”