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The United States has evidence that Russian commanders have been executing their soldiers who refuse to charge, retreat, or fail to follow orders. Source: John Kirby, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, citing the US Presidential Administration Quote from Kirby: "To pursue that outcome in Avdiivka and elsewhere on the battlefield, Russia continues to show no regard for the lives of its soldiers.

The United States has information that the Russian military is executing those of its soldiers who refuse to follow orders, John Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications, said at a White House briefing on Oct. 26.

The Washington Post reported on Oct. 23, citing undisclosed official sources, that Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) was allegedly behind dozens of assassinations against Russian targets since February 2022.

Despite Western intelligence saying that Ukraine would fall within days of the Russian invasion, Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, believed that Putin had made a mistake and the Ukrainians would fight.

Specialists from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the combat capabilities of the Russian units constantly fighting on the Orikhiv front have significantly deteriorated; they can no longer carry out all counterattacks and resist the Ukrainian breakthrough.

As Ukraine’s counteroffensive has rumbled forward in recent months, it has encountered minefields and forces dug into elaborate trench networks. Ukraine’s forces have also run up against a Russian tactic of ceding ground before striking back. Reports on Monday illustrated the issue: Russian forces said they had staged an assault on Ukrainian troops on the front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, while Ukraine’s forces said it had “repelled the attacks.” Rather th...

The Ka-52 attack helicopter is among the most feared weapons in Russia's arsenal, and has slowed Ukraine's counteroffensive.

Using open source data on the deaths of 3,000 mobilized men, Russian independent outlets calculated an estimated "life expectancy in war."

Russian is deploying elite paratrooper units in the western Zaporizhia Oblast as Ukraine threatens to breach its defensive lines.

At least five Russian paratroop regiments drawn from the 7th and 76th divisions are likely now concentrated within a few kilometers of the frontline village of Robotyne, the UK Ministry of Defense’s Defense Intelligence agency said in its Ukraine situation report for Sept. 18.