Thick smoke rises over Nizhnekamsk as one of Russia’s key petrochemical war-linked plants burns (VIDEO)
The war’s cost spreads far beyond the battlefield, hitting Russia’s technological potential and industrial capacity.
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Only 35% of Russia’s strategic tank reserves remain after three years of war
The gap between depletion and production rates suggests Moscow faces mounting pressure to either reduce operational tempo or accept increasing reliance on progressively older, less capable platforms.
After months of silence, Ukraine’s brings back its powerful rocket system to battlefield
Fresh ammunition reportedly breathed new life into the veteran system.
ISW: Russia wants to modernize army for long war with Ukraine and possible NATO confrontation
Moscow’s 2027-2036 rearmament program focuses on upgrading air defense, AI integration, and space capabilities.
Leading Russian electronic warfare designer killed in Bryansk car explosion
Yevgeny Rytikov, a key figure in Russia’s Krasukha EW systems program, was killed in a Bryansk blast while entering his car with a colleague.
Authoritarian modernization ever less possible for Russia and others, Klyamkin says
In the course of his current debate with economist Andrey Illarionov, social commentator Igor Klyamkin makes an important…
Ukraine: from the middle ages to a new world
People all over the world have come to realize that the world is changing; that decisive processes and…
Ukraine has a weak state but a strong society, Russia just the opposite
Russians laugh at any suggestion that the Ukrainian people came out to the Maidan to make history and…