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Ukraine and the Global South: Putin’s Two-Front War Against the West (Part One)
Addressing an expanded session of the Russian Security Council on October 30, President Vladimir Putin outlined a new concept for the struggle against the West... MORE
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Russia Exploits Israel-Hamas Conflict to Spread Disinformation About War in Ukraine
On October 8, well-known Russian propagandist Andrey Rudenko published a video appearing to show an Israeli Merkava tank that Hamas militants allegedly destroyed with an... MORE
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Russia Continues to Forcibly Recruit Prisoners and Migrant Workers for War in Ukraine (Part One)
Russia’s war against Ukraine has taken an unpleasant turn for Moscow. Instead of a speedy, triumphant victory, the Russian Armed Forces are effectively wasting human... MORE
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Russia Experiencing a New ‘Afghan Syndrome’ With Soldiers Returning From Ukraine
At the end of last year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that 300,000 military-age men had been drafted into the Russian army following President... MORE
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The Kremlin Resumes Nuclear Testing in Escalation of Conflict With Ukraine and the West (Part One)
After taking a break for several months, Russian President Vladimir Putin has returned to employing nuclear threats. During his speech at the Valdai Club on... MORE
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Russia’s Combat Losses in Ukraine Deduced From Rosstat’s ‘Unassigned Deaths’ Category
The Kremlin’s widely reported efforts to conceal combat losses in Ukraine have made estimating these deaths difficult but not impossible. Alternative indicators to Moscow’s official... MORE
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Ukraine’s Slow-Moving Counteroffensive: Gaps in Russian Defense (Part Five)
*Read Part Four. Four months in, the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been slowly, but steadily advancing along the Bakhmut, Melitopol, and Berdyansk salients. Ukrainian forces have... MORE
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Ukraine’s Slow-Moving Counteroffensive: Russian Defense Continues to Adapt (Part Four)
*Read Part One. *Read Part Two. *Read Part Three. On September 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced a breakthrough in Russian defenses around Verbove in... MORE
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Ukraine Using Asymmetric Countermeasures to Russian Power in the Black Sea
Russia has turned much of the Black Sea into a buffer zone against Western powers and, simultaneously, a power projection platform against Ukraine. Acting from... MORE
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Ukraine’s Drone and Missile Tactics Transform Battlefield
On September 22, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on the Sevastopol headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (Meduza, September 22). The... MORE