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Ukraine Strengthens Mobilization as War Presses On
Executive Summary: The Ukrainian government passed a controversial law to strengthen mobilization as the military’s need to recruit soldiers grows in the face of an... MORE
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Ukraine’s ‘De-Naftification’ of Russia (Part Two)
Executive Summary: The provision of US-made ATACMS and other Western long-range capabilities looks to enable Ukraine to strike military targets in Russian-occupied Crimea. The passage... MORE
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Ukraine’s ‘De-Naftafication’ of Russia (Part One)
Executive Summary: Ukrainian forces have enjoyed a string of successes in targeting energy facilities and military installations within Russia and the occupied territories. Kyiv’s “de-naftification”... MORE
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Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia’s War on Ukraine: Siberia
Executive Summary: Russia is struggling to attract more volunteers to fight in Ukraine, and Moscow has increasingly turned to the outer regions for recruitment. Such... MORE
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PRC Support Underpins Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Executive Summary: PRC aid to Russia is multidomain and underpins much of Moscow’s ability to continue to wage war in Ukraine. Attempts have been made... MORE
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Moscow Uses Russian Orthodox Church as Covert Foreign Policy Tool in Ukraine and the West
Executive Summary: The Kremlin is actively using the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) to drum up support for the war in Ukraine and to spread its... MORE
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Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia’s War on Ukraine: The Volga Region
Executive Summary: Moscow looks to the Volga region—an ethnically non-Russian region and one of the poorest in Russia—for “volunteers” to fight in the war against... MORE
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Ethnically Non-Russian Formations in Russia’s War on Ukraine: Bashkortostan
Executive Summary: Russia is expanding the number of “volunteer battalions” from non-ethnically Russian regions, especially Bashkortostan. Most battalions are named after Soviet or post-Soviet heroes—likely... MORE
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Ukraine’s Drone and Missile Offensive in Black Sea Knocks Russian Navy Flat Aback
Executive Summary: The Russian Navy’s reserve of admirals and ships is steadily decreasing as senior military commanders are losing their positions following numerous setbacks for... MORE
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Latin America’s Varying Responses to Putin’s War Against Ukraine
Executive Summary: The United States is looking to Latin America to send Soviet-era and Russian weapons to Ukraine in exchange for modern American-made analogs. Many... MORE