Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s war on Ukraine is devouring its finances. War spending now totals 16.8 trillion roubles ($238 billion) — nearly 40%...
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Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine will never get the 1945 image of total victory, and it cannot retake Crimea and the Donbas by force....
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a striking number of Russian elites — oil executives, bankers, officials, and Kremlin critics...
Ukraine War
Summary and Key Points: Battered by a country smaller in every metric — GDP, population, land, and army — Russia is in no shape...
Ukraine War
A growing set of problems with Russia’s war in Ukraine may be pushing the Kremlin to launch a serious escalation of its military effort....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The B-1B Lancer — the supersonic Cold War bomber pilots call the “Bone” — is getting a powerful upgrade. Boeing’s new modular “Lego” pylons...
Ukraine War
“Putin made a grave mistake invading Ukraine, and the Russian people should never forgive him for it.” That’s what a now-retired Russian military commander...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Since the Ukraine war began four years ago, Putin has issued dozens of explicit or implicit nuclear threats. Depending on the methodology used, some...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Russia has lost at least 19 generals since invading Ukraine in 2022 — a rate of senior-officer deaths no modern...