NEWSFLASH: Russia has struck the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a historic monastery complex. The overnight attack also destroyed a national film studio and a key Ukrainian logistics hub in the capital.
Overnight, Russia launched dozens of missiles and drones, destroying a historic film studio and a Ukrainian logistics hub in Kyiv.
Our Russian KIA estimate now includes a new category: 90,000 soldiers declared dead by court order, many without a body ever returned.
Combined with 261,000 “regular” fatalities, that brings our total estimate with @meduza_en to 352,000 by end of 2025
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For the first time this year, Mediazona and Meduza have updated our overall estimate of Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine. Based on the Probate Registry, it puts the numbe...
Russian territorial gains have flatlined, giving Moscow next to nothing to show for its consistently high losses.
But in a long war that has seen many ebbs and flows, perceptions can be deceiving, and making quick judgements can be a dangerous game.
Since the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the information space around the war has been obsessed with this deceptively simple question, and the constant new iterations of answers to...
“Lada-Rus’ followers are spread across Russia’s regions, from the republics of the North Caucasus to the Far East. The majority of them are women, a clear political advantage in a country where women increasingly outnumber men. ”
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Almost everything about Svetlana Lada-Rus, one of the most influential opposition figures in Russia, defies conventional expectations of who a worthy opponent of President Vladimir Putin should be. M...
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🇺🇦 Zelensky’s letter ends with a warning that failure to end the war will force Putin to fight even harder for his own existence. “It is a fact of Russian history that you know well: when Russia grows tired, change comes.”
Eilish Hart
Eilish Hart
🇺🇦 Zelensky’s letter includes stats on Russia’s military losses: “We know that 63 percent of your battlefield losses are killed, while only 37 percent are wounded. In the 21st century, no army can afford such a ratio. And the share of those killed will continue to grow.”
🇺🇦 Zelensky publishes an open letter calling on Putin to end the war: “Whatever you may say about NATO, geopolitics, or the Russian language, this war is your personal choice — a war without a real cause. That is how history will remember it.” www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vidk...
Eilish Hart
Eilish Hart
Damn, Russia has banned the human rights group OVD-Info as an "extremist/terrorist organization." They were one of the last major outfits still inside Russia coordinating legal assistance for people facing various kinds of political persecution. t.me/Ateobreaking...
Росфинмониторинг внес правозащитную организацию «ОВД-Инфо» в реестр «экстремистских и террористических организаций».
Just listened to @storyevtime.bsky.social & Maria Kuznetsova talking to @onthemedia.bsky.social about their book! Sharp analysis of how authoritarian practices can seep into a democracy so quickly that people lack the language to describe what's happening. www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Russian language has a rich vocabulary for describing life under tyranny. Like the plain-clothed ICE officers snatching people off the streets? In Russian, they would be called "silov...
🔴🇷🇺 NEW: Security measures of unprecedented severity have been instituted in the Kremlin in recent weeks as Russian President Vladimir Putin anticipates a possible coup or assassination attempt.
Read more: www.occrp.org/en/news/secu...
