Military newsletter: Dirlewanger lives

Markus of the 47th returns - to boos. Stupid fortifications. Azov Juche. Current events on the frontlines. 'The system has embarked on a path of self-destruction and rapid collapse'

Welcome back to another military newsletter, where I translate telegram posts from Ukrainian military personnel located right in the thick of things at the frontline. Today, we will look at:

• The love one of our military correspondents feels for the Dirlewanger brigade

• The situation on the Kurakhove, Kursk, Velyka Novosilka, Pokrovsk, and Bakhmut fronts. ‘Either we withdraw or we go to hell’. Endless encirclements and retreats

• Markus of the once-hyped 47th Brigade and his eight hour expose - and why other Ukrainian militarists don’t take this western protege so seriously

• Azov’s Roman Ponomarenko takes a look at how Ukraine’s army spent 2024 failing to work on its weaknesses

• More fortification scandals

• How ‘Tales of the IV Reich’ wishes Ukraine had a Juche economy

• And a final extra reddit moment about Markus