Ukraine Blog 53 – Entering the Grey Zone
Dear friends, family and colleagues, I know it has been quiet for a while. In part this had to do with the new job, in part it had to do with the insanely dynamic battlefront in Ukraine. Besides all the developments like mobilization, Western arms deliveries, there is also an insane amount of disinformation. Not only from the Russian side, but the Ukrainians put a fair share of disinformation in the net as well. This means that the fog of war, or the Grey zone as both parties call it, is very thick. Thicker than even the first days of the war. I had to go through a lot of information to create a picture what’s going on and what we can expect. Let’s dive into it: First of all: the feared Russian offensive that everyone talks about: I’m one hundred percent convinced that it already. I think it started at the end of January. Why is everyone waiting? Well, people still have the memories of the first days of the war, when there was still a relatively capable Russian army, where lar...