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Russia stands to gain very little from the bloody battle for Pokrovsk

Not a word of what the Russian defence ministry says is credible. Its claims that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka and Kupiansk, in eastern Ukraine, are ...

Four years of war have transformed Russia, but few will speak in public against it

Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine recently crossed the four-year mark. Throughout that time, one of the biggest questions has been: Is this what Russians want?
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Russia’s Grinding War in Ukraine

Despite claims of battlefield momentum in Ukraine, the data shows that Russia is paying an extraordinary price for minimal gains and is in decline as a major power. Since February 2022, Russian ...
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Russia's fiercest offensive last year still moved slower than WWI's Battle of the Somme, analysts say

Russia's rate of advance over the last two years, even during its fiercest offensive campaigns, has been among the slowest in modern war, per a new analysis by the Center for Strategic and ...
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Right-Sizing the Russian Threat

The end of the Russia-Ukraine war will not eliminate the threat the Kremlin sees from Europe. In its view, Europe will remain fundamentally anti-Russian, and a unified Europe would dwarf ...
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Russia's fiercest offensive last year still moved more slowly than WWI's Battle of the Somme, analysts say

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two researchers have found that Russia's recent advance is slower than in almost all modern wars. Their analysis said that even ...