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Russia's military is allergic to the deep reforms it needs
Whatever the outcome of the Ukraine war, one thing seems certain: the Russian military is in need o…
Michael Peck
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Russian failures in Ukraine are forcing Moscow to give up on one of the biggest Putin-era military reforms
Russia has spent 15 years building lean, agile battalion-size units that ended up being wholly unsu…
Michael Peck
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Putin gave a niece with no military experience a key defense job: UK Intel
The Kremlin announced in August that Putin had appointed Anna Tsivileva, the daughter of Putin's co…
Tom Porter
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The Russian Army may have defeated Ukraine — if it had followed its own manual
Russia's army in Ukraine lacks the huge size its warfighting doctrine demands, and it's been too ri…
Michael Peck
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Russia's military is 'almost completely reconstituted' as it goes into overdrive to shore up losses in Ukraine: US official
Kurt Campbell's assessment is perhaps one of the most optimistic so far for the Kremlin, which is u…
Matthew Loh
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An elite Russian brigade of 5,000 soldiers has been destroyed and reformed as many as 8 times after heavy losses, report says
The Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has suffered heavy losses in attempts to take the town of …
Alia Shoaib
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During the last attempted coup in Russia, ballet dancers alerted citizens of the turmoil. As the Wagner mercenary boss turns on the Russian military, Tchaikovsky's swans may dance again.
During the 1991 August coup in Russia, Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" played on a loop on state T…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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An infamous Stalin-era military unit called SMERSH is being re-created by Putin as he steps up his search for spies: UK intel
The infamous counterintelligence unit was formed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to counter Nazi su…
Tom Porter
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UK intelligence publishes satellite imagery showing dead bodies lying on Bucha streets during Russian occupation
The March 21 satellite photo refutes Kremlin claim that the massacre happened after Russian forces…
Jake Epstein
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The Russian navy's biggest warships are becoming its biggest headaches
Russia's navy has had limited involvement in Ukraine, but Moscow's setbacks there may force it to r…
Benjamin Brimelow
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Russian forces have Ukraine surrounded, stirring invasion fears. Here's what each side could bring to a war
Each side has its strengths and weaknesses, but one Russia watcher said he doesn't "see the Ukraini…
Julie Coleman
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‘He's torturing people': Video shows Russian troops being stripped naked and forced to pluck grass
Hazing within Russian military forces — also known as dedovshchina — has a deep, dark, and at times…
Azmi Haroun
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Meet Zelenskyy's pick for Ukraine's new defense minister, who's been deeply involved with Russian negotiations and prisoner exchanges
In March 2022, Rustem Umerov experienced symptoms of poisoning while he was involved in peace negot…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Wagner fighters, some of the best in the Russian ranks, are back in Ukraine, but they're not as much of a threat without Prigozhin running the show, Kyiv says
Ukrainian officials and experts say Wagner fighters, who are returning to combat after a long hiatu…
Jake Epstein
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Biden's trip to make up with Mohammed bin Salman won't help anyone in Saudi Arabia or America
Opinion: The suggestion that the meeting and the trip serve the interests of anyone except MbS does…
Abdullah Alaoudh and Sam Ratn…
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Western countries have scrambled to deliver billions of dollars of military gear to Ukraine. Getting it to the frontlines is a whole other problem.
Getting the right gear to the right troops at the right time is a challenge for any military — espe…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Ukraine's 'Iron General' is facing off against his 4th Russian war commander. Here's why the others lost their jobs.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has spent most of 2023 battlin…
Jake Epstein
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A Marine special-operations veteran training Ukrainians to fight explains how they've been able to fend off Russia's invasion
Ukrainian troops have faced "experiences that few of us in the West have shared," Andy Milburn, a U…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Ukraine's 'iron general' inherited $1 million from a US software developer and donated it straight to the military
The head of Ukraine's military, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said he had "no doubts" when he donated his $1 m…
Sophia Ankel
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How Putin spent 20 years rebuilding Russia's military 'and then just simply destroyed it' in Ukraine, according to an expert who watched it happen
"I think that to a large extent, Putin has destroyed his own military," Mark Galeotti told Insider.…