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The #CSIS reports that combat losses in this #war have reached 1.4 million: #Russia 1 million, #Ukraine 400,000. Over 1,000 armored vehicles, 3,000 IFVs, 300 artillery units, and 2,000 tanks have been lost. Russia’s equipment losses are five times Ukraine’s. Russia has lost more soldiers here than in all post-WWII conflicts combined.

Ukraine has no choice but to continue. Russia could end it immediately, yet chooses not to.

moscowmigrant.com/posts/putin-

MoscowMigrant · Putin tattled on Ukraine to Trump, and Trump was deeply affectedPutin complained to Trump that Ukrainian terrorists were disrupting negotiations, and Trump lost interest in Ukraine and started asking Putin for help with Iran.

A few fragments from latest analysis from Center for Strategic and International Studies #CSIS

Russian fatalities and casualties have been extraordinary. Russia will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025—a stunning and grizzly milestone. Overall, a high of 250,000 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine, with over 950,000 total Russian casualties.

Russian fatalities in Ukraine (in just over three years) are 15 times larger than the Soviet Union’s decade-long war in Afghanistan and 10 times larger than Russia’s 13 years of war in Chechnya.

Russian forces have advanced an average of only 50 meters per day in such areas as Kharkiv, slower than during the Somme offensive in World War I, where French and British forces advanced an average of 80 meters per day.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-battlefield-woes-ukraine

www.csis.orgRussia’s Battlefield Woes in UkraineRussia has performed poorly on the battlefield in Ukraine and will likely hit the 1 million casualty mark in the summer of 2025. New CSIS data details Russia's slow rate of advance, heavy losses of equipment, and significant casualties.

Troop #Casualties in #Russia #Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds

Nearly 1 million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in the country’s war against Ukraine…a staggering toll as Russia’s assault on its neighbor grinds on.

The study, published on Tuesday by the Center for Strategic & International Studies #CSIS in Washington, said that close to 400,000 Ukrainian troops have also been killed or wounded since the war began.

nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/poli

The New York Times · Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study FindsBy Helene Cooper
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Seth Jones, president of the defense & security department of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (#CSIS), describes the #US role so far in the negotiations as "relatively #weak" & cautions that if the admin were to walk away from the talks "it would fundamentally shift the balance of power in the #war to the Russian side."

He adds that European nations could not easily or quickly replace the #intelligence that the US has provided.

🇨🇦 PM Carney's comments on Mr #Poilievre's refusal to obtain top-level security clearance.

“I find it beyond baffling, I find it downright irresponsible that the leader of the opposition, day after day, month after month, year after year, refuses to obtain his security clearance.
As a normal course in peacetime, in times of tranquil, it’s unacceptable, but at this point in our history when we face the greatest threats that we’ve faced in generations, he has to answer for that.”

The Russia-Ukraine War: A Study in Analytic Failure by #EliotCohen #PhillipsPOBrien. Center for Strategic and International Studies ( #CSIS ).

"The expert community grossly overestimated Russian military capabilities, dismissed the chances of Ukraine resisting effectively, and presented the likely outcome of the war as quick and decisive. This analytic failure also had policy implications."

csis.org/analysis/russia-ukrai

www.csis.orgThe Russia-Ukraine War: A Study in Analytic FailureEliot Cohen and Phillips O'Brien examine analytic failures leading up to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, their policy implications, and ways to improve future military analysis.