Open-source data shows Russia’s equipment losses in Ukraine
Nov 5, 2024 · Amid an intensified offensive in Ukraine, Russia’s military is facing unprecedented equipment losses, according to data from the open-source research project Oryx, analyzed by Agentstvo.October saw the highest monthly losses of Russian armored vehicles, aircraft, helicopters, and other military assets since October 2022, …
The Russian army is increasingly relying on older recruits — but ...
As the war in Ukraine drags far into its third year, the ranks of the Russian army are increasingly filled with older fighters, according to a new report from Verstka. Government and military sources report a steady rise in the number of Russian contract servicemen over 45 on the front lines since the start of the year, a trend confirmed by data on Russian casualties calculated from …
What’s behind the ruble’s steady depreciation, and is the Kremlin ...
On October 18, Russia’s Central Bank set the official exchange rate at 97.1 rubles to the U.S. dollar. Back in early August, the rate was just above 86 rubles, but it soon started climbing — and it hasn’t stopped since. Meduza explores what’s driving the ruble’s decline, how soon the rate might surpass 100 rubles per dollar, and whether the Russian government has the …
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What does Vuhledar’s fall mean for Ukraine? - Meduza
Aug 22, 2024 · Russian forces have captured the town of Vuhledar in the southwest of Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Fighting over the settlement has been ongoing since late March 2022, when Ukrainian units entered the frontline town. The Ukrainian defense, led primarily by the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, withstood several major assaults …
Russian and Ukrainian forces have begun the battle for Kurakhove …
Oct 31, 2024 · Russia Kursk region . Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers were encircled in the Kursk region. He was likely referring to a group of several hundred Ukrainian troops who retreated from the village of Olgovka, east of Korenevo, and took cover in the Olgovskaya Grove — a large forest southeast of Olgovka, along the Korenevo-Sudzha road.
Ukraine’s Azov Regiment posts video showing shooting of
Jul 16, 2024 · On Monday, the Ukrainian military’s Azov Regiment published first-person footage of one of its soldiers killing a Russian soldier after finding him in a mostly-abandoned bunker. The video left Russian politicians and military leaders furious, with one top commander calling the shooting a violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War, though it’s …
Russia arrests former Zelensky adviser Oleksiy Arestovych in
Feb 6, 2024 · A Moscow court has sentenced Oleksiy Arestovych, a former adviser to the Ukrainian president’s office, to two months in prison in absentia.. According to the Moscow courts’ press service, Arestovych stands accused of publicly calling for terrorism and spreading “disinformation” about the Russian army.
As corporate debts in Russia balloon under rising interest rates, a ...
Nov 7, 2024 · Since the summer of 2023, Russia's key interest rate has been rising steadily, making loans more expensive and pushing up debt burdens. The rate now stands at 21 percent, and the Central Bank is expected to raise it again in December. Businesses have already begun reporting a rise in late payments from counterparties — a potential warning sign of looming defaults, as many companies find it ...
Putin’s latest boasts of battlefield success are exaggerated — but ...
Nov 11, 2024 · Key updates as of November 9, 2024. In his speech at the Valdai Discussion Forum last Thursday, Vladimir Putin said that Russian forces had “trapped” two groupings of Ukrainian forces near the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region: one consisting of 10,000 troops and the other of 5,000. In reality, Ukraine’s forces still hold two bridgeheads on the Oskil River, which splits the crucial ...