2026-10-26 12:17UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe energy ceasefire is the central story this week, and it is collapsing in real time. On October 11, Trump announced on Truth Social that Russia and Ukraine had agreed …2026-10-25 18:01UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe Starlink dispute that dominated the week's Ukraine coverage is really a story about who holds the switch on a country's military communications, and the answer is not…2026-10-24 18:01UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe Russia-Ukraine war has settled into a brutal rhythm that both sides are escalating but neither can break. Russia launched a devastating combined arms strike on the ni…2026-10-24 03:01UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe Ukraine-Russia war in October 2026 has settled into a brutal equilibrium that neither side can break through conventional force alone. Russia's offensive campaign has…2026-10-21 18:00UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestThe Ukraine war has entered its fifth year in a state of grim equilibrium that neither side can break and neither side can afford to abandon. Russia controls all but 11% …2026-10-21 03:00UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestThe Ukraine war in October 2026 is defined by two contrasting realities that are increasingly out of phase with each other. On the battlefield, Ukraine has been holding t…2026-10-20 23:15WORLD INTELGeopolitical World Intel, Research DigestThe great-power picture in October 2026 is defined by an accelerating collision between two structural trends: the deepening China-Russia "no-limits" alignment (with Chin…2026-10-20 23:15UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestThe Ukraine-Russia war in late October 2026 has reached a point where the battlefield and the diplomatic picture are violently out of sync. On the battlefield, Ukraine is…2026-10-20 03:00UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestISW (Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 19, 2026: Intense Russian drone and missile assaults on the night of October 18-19 caused severe damage to energy and …2026-10-18 18:00UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War, Research DigestCSIS (Jul 1, 2026): Russia has suffered approximately 1.4 million battlefield casualties (including killed, wounded, and missing soldiers), between February 2022 and June…
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