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The BCFA Archive dates back to February 2022. Our archives allow members to study information preceding the most recent reports in order to gain full understanding regardless of their current familiarity with the topic of interest.

Institute for the Study of War:  Russia blocks popular Social Media Apps

Russia is blocking WhatsApp and other Western social media platforms, media outlets, and means of bypassing internet restrictions as part of an intensification of the Kremlin’s campaign to reassert control over the Russian information space and prevent access to the global internet.[1] Meta-owned messaging application WhatsApp reported on the evening of

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February 12, 2026

Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 1.255 Ukrainian casualties in the last day

Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.  The Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. The troops of two mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade have been neutralised near Kondratovka, Miropolye, Novodmitrovka, and Khoten (Sumy region).

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February 11, 2026

The Hudson Institute:  Russia makes limited but steady territorial gains

Executive Summary — Battlefield assessment: The Russian military kept an offensive footing, making limited but steady territorial gains and sustaining its attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. — SpaceX increases cooperation with Kyiv: Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense worked with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to prevent Russia from using the Starlink satellite internet system to control drones

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February 11, 2026

Institute for the Study of War: Russia again demands Ukraine capitulate

Kremlin officials recently have been repeating the same messages about Russia’s commitment to its original war aims in Ukraine to various media sources that reach international and domestic audiences. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has given interviews to three different media sources in the past three days, repeating the same Kremlin

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February 11, 2026
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February 12, 2026

Ukrainian General Staff: Russian casualties top 1.25 million after four years of war

Ukraine Defense Ministry

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 12.02.26 inclusive are as follows

Personnel:

  • approximately 1 250 150 (+770) persons.

Armored vehicles and automotive equipment:

  • tanks ‒ 11 662 (+1);
  • armored fighting vehicles ‒ 24 025 (+5);
  • special equipment ‒ 4 070;
  • vehicles and fuel tanks ‒ 78 141 (+172).

Artillery and air defense assets:

  • artillery systems ‒ 37 213 (+65);
  • MLRS ‒ 1 641 (+3);
  • air defense assets ‒ 1 299 (+1).

Air targets:

  • aircraft ‒ 435;
  • helicopters ‒ 347;
  • UAVs (operational-tactical level) ‒ 132 153 (+1 442);
  • cruise missiles ‒ 4 270.

Naval assets:

  • warships and boats ‒ 28;
  • submarines ‒ 2.
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