“Some intelligence reports” indicate that 1,200,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since February 2022, according to a May 2026 FT article. Russian forces have lost some 1,400,000 killed ...

Russia has adopted a “new theory of victory” in the war against Ukraine: not simply seizing territory or destroying energy infrastructure, but making Ukrai ...

The Russian public’s attention to the country’s war against Ukraine has hit a record low, according to the latest Levada Center poll released this week. In September 2026, the share of Russians who ...

Find past issues in the Russia-Ukraine War Report Card archive. Sept. 29, 2026, update: Based on data from Ukraine’s DeepState OSINT group, in the past four weeks (Sept. 1–29, 2026), Russia made a net ...

Russia: +27,089 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined). 2 Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia ...

Russian strategy is in flux, and the flux is accelerating. The American interests it threatens have not moved at all. That asymmetry is the most useful thing to carry away from CNA’s Sept. 10 panel on ...

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12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois.) +29,097 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois.) Total area of all ...

Russia: +29,083 square miles. 12% of Ukraine. (Area roughly equivalent to half the U.S. state of Illinois). Total area of all Ukrainian territory Russia presently controls, including Crimea and parts ...