Stories — August 2024

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Stories — August 2024

The Russian army could recruit one and a half times fewer new contract soldiers than the Defense Ministry claims. Are Russians willingly going to war? A research by IStories and CIT

1 August

Katya Bonch-Osmolovskaya, Sonya Savina

More Soldiers at All Costs

Explanations by political scientist, Z-propaganda researcher and military expert

16 August

Why Pro-Russian War Supporters Call It a “Deal”

There are Russian military personnel in Ukrainian captivity who are considered dead in their homeland. Their relatives have even managed to bury “remains” in closed coffins. The Russian Defense Ministry did not provide the DNA testing results to the relatives

6 August

Dead Russians Revived

With the federal contribution included, it has reached 1 million rubles (about $10,970)

20 August

Sonya Savina, Egor Feoktistov

Average Regional Payment for Russian Ministry of Defense Contracts Quadruples Since Start of Year

It appears, that Ukrainian forces are preparing to hold onto recently captured territories. Military experts explain what their chances are

20 August

Ukraine Has Been on the Offensive in the Kursk Region for Two Weeks Now. What Has It Achieved and What Will Happen Next?