Tag: Kremlin
Illegitimate Ukrainian Leadership Claim: Putin Escalates Rhetoric
Putin dismissed Ukraine’s government as “illegitimate,” arguing it is pointless to sign agreements with Kyiv after postponed elections. Ukraine insists martial law makes voting impossible as the war continues, deepening the political standoff.
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Russian losses campaign 2025: Kremlin’s failed summer offensive exposed
Ukraine reports over 291,000 Russian casualties in the failed 2025 spring–summer campaign, exposing Kremlin propaganda as territorial gains stall and civilian attacks rise. Kyiv maintains frontline control and continues strikes deep inside Russia.
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Russia’s War Chest Crisis: Liquid Reserves Could Collapse by Christmas
Russia’s war chest is nearing empty as sanctions drain reserves, oil revenue falls, and labor shortages intensify. With liquid funds possibly gone by Christmas, the Kremlin faces a tightening fiscal crisis that threatens its long-term war strategy.
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Putin’s Easter Truce: Optics, Pressure, and a Logistical Trap
Russia’s 30-hour Easter truce wasn’t a peace offer so much as a tactic: a rushed, unilateral pause designed to placate Washington, test Kyiv, and shape blame. With logistics unclear and attacks reported near the front, the move looked like narrative warfare, not diplomacy.
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From Tanks to Trolls: How Kremlin Fakes Captured the White House
After failing on the battlefield, Moscow shifted to cognitive war—seeding viral lies, funding U.S. influencers, and exploiting diaspora and EU networks—to stall aid and bend debate. The result: low-cost fakes reaching high offices and eroding support for Ukraine.
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2024
The rapid collapse of the Assad regime in Syria – a regime that the Kremlin helped prop up since 2015 – is a strategic political defeat for Moscow and has thrown the Kremlin into a crisis as it seeks to retain its strategic military bases in Syria. The Kremlin reportedly secured an agreement on December 8 with unspecified Syrian opposition leaders to ensure the security of Russian military bases in Syria, but the contours of this arrangement and its longevity remain unclear given the volatile and rapidly evolving political situation on the ground in Syria. The loss of Russian bases in Syria will have major implications for Russia’s global military footprint and ability to operate in Africa – ISW.
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 7, 2024
On August 7, 2023, Ukrainian forces achieved confirmed advances of up to 10 kilometers into Russia’s Kursk Oblast during ongoing mechanized offensive operations on Russian territory. Geolocated footage from August 6 and 7 indicated that Ukrainian armored vehicles reached positions along the 38K-030 route, approximately 10 kilometers from the border. Reports suggest that Ukrainian forces have penetrated at least two Russian defensive lines and seized significant territory, with at least 45 square kilometers claimed as captured since the operation began. Ukrainian forces reportedly took control of several settlements, including Nikolaevo-Daryino and Darino, and were actively operating within Lyubimovka. Russian...
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