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Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle
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“The counteroffensive itself hasn’t failed; it will drag on for several months into the fall,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia’s Fighter Jets Have Gone from Harassing Us Aircraft to Actually Breaking Them as Moscow Flexes Its Muscles Where It Still Can
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Russia sees its activities in Syria "as one area that really speaks to Russian global power and influence," Nicholas Lokker, an expert on Russian foreign policy at the Center ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Could Putin Lose Power?
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Another former C.I.A. analyst, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, who was a deputy national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia between 2015 and 2018 and now runs the Transatlanti...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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West to Putin: We hate you. Don’t go.
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At the moment, the lack of a clear successor, or the possibility of a violent warlord such as Prigozhin taking charge, leaves too many uncomfortable variables to openly root f...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ramzan Kadyrov’s ‘TikTok battalion’ seeks to replace Wagner in Ukraine
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Apti Alaudinov, commander of Kadyrov’s Akhmat battalion, said that his fighters had been deployed to Rostov to stave off the rebellion and came within 500 to 700 metre distanc...
By Samuel Bendett
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Failed Russian Mutiny Boosts Prospects for More US Arms to Ukraine
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With funds for Ukraine not expected to run out for months, some analysts say the more immediate concern is the outcome of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which is proving a diffic...
By Richard Fontaine
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Insights into Russia's Weekend of Instability
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Events over the weekend of June 24, 2023, unfolded quickly as reports came in that the Wagner Group Head Yevgeny Prigozhin had orchestrated an armed insurgency inside Russia. ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Nicholas Lokker, Michael Kofman & Richard Fontaine
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As revolt in Russia subsides, U.S. and allies brace for what comes next
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A weakened Putin could face challenges from the Russian elite, or inspire leaders in Russian regions such as Chechnya and Tatarstan, many of which have long-standing grievance...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Short-Lived Mutiny in Russia Sheds Light on Putin’s Hold on Power
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Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a longtime Russia intelligence analyst now at the Center for a New American Security, said the United States has limited capacity to influence events th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine’s counteroffensive so far: steady gains, heavy losses
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Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow in the Center for a New American Security’s Transatlantic Security Program, said Ukraine is moving through entrenched defenses and minef...
By Brad Dress
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Damage to Russian-held hydroelectric plant floods south Ukraine battlefield
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Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said he did not expect the dam breach to have a big impact on Ukraine’s ...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia Claims Bakhmut, but Some See a ‘Pyrrhic Victory’
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But a swift offensive by Ukrainian forces in the late summer and fall cleared Russia’s military out of Izium and out of a large chunk of Ukraine’s northeast. This removed the ...
By Michael Kofman
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As Putin Bides His Time, Ukraine Faces a Ticking Clock
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Mr. Putin has little incentive to end the war now, unless his hand is forced, because its continuation helps him retain power, said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russia and Ukraine fight to control narrative, territory as war enters new phase
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Many of the troops fielded by both sides in the coming months will likely be seeing action for the first time in the war, Michael Kofman, a leading analyst of Russia's militar...
By Michael Kofman
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How Finland's Conflicted History with Russia Influenced Decision to Join NATO
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Finnish public opinion started to shift after Russia in December 2021 issued a list of demands to Nato, which would have barred Finland from becoming a member of the alliance....
By Nicholas Lokker
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NATO is Racing to Arm its Russian Borders. Can it Find the Weapons?
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With countries already worried about their own munitions stockpiles and Ukraine in acute need of more shells and weapons from allies, there is a risk that not all NATO allies ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Jim Townsend
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Why Won’t Vladimir Putin Cut His Losses in Ukraine?
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Even in the face of heavy, increasing losses, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains resolved to continue fighting but is “grasping for meaning in a meaningless invasion”, w...
By Michael Kofman
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Ukraine Short of Skilled Troops and Munitions as Losses, Pessimism Grow
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The stakes for Ukraine in the coming months are particularly high, as Western countries aiding Kyiv look to see whether Ukrainian forces can once again seize the initiative an...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia Has Been Sending Some US-provided Weapons Captured in Ukraine to Iran, Sources Say
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A key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. The Iranians also intercepted...
By Jonathan Lord
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Season of Offensives: What to Expect from the Spring Campaign in Ukraine
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In conversations with the Kyiv Independent a few days before publication, renowned U.S. military experts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee shared their thoughts on the coming campaig...
By Michael Kofman
