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Ukraine Blog
Postings include:
– The Institute for the Study of War’s summary of the previous day’s events. ISW is a Washington DC-based think tank;
– The Ukraine Defense Ministry’s tally of damage inflicted on Russian forces;
– The Russian Defense Ministry’s tally of damage inflicted on Ukrainian forces.
For more information, please click HERE to check out our playlist of programs on Russia and Ukraine
Myanmar Blog
Myanmar’s military overthrew country’s democratically elected government in 2021.
Postings include:
– Frontier Myanmar Altsean Burma;
– Athan Myanmar;
– Myanmar Now;
– The Irrawaddy;
– Columns from western media.
For more information, please click HERE to the Myanmar Presentation.
Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as of 16 August 2025 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation. Units of the Sever Group
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 16.08.25: personnel: about 1 069 050 (+1 010) persons tanks: 11 112 (+6)troop-carrying AFVs: 23 135 (+2)
Various US officials indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to compromise on some war termination demands, but Putin’s own statements and Russian official statements contradict these claims. US
Russian Ministry of Defense: up to 7,890 Ukrainian casualties from Aug 9 to 15; Russia shoots down a Ukrainian Su-27 warplane Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation as
Ukrainian General Staff: about 940 Russian casualties in the past day The estimated total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 15.08.25: personnel: about 1 068 040 (+940) persons
