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The latest losses count update: over the past two weeks, nearly 7,000 new names of KIA Russian soldiers have been added to our database. Tatarstan’s death toll has now surpassed 10k, making it the second region to hit this mark after Bashkortostan (now at ~11.9K) en.zona.media/article/2026...

💬 #Trump on Russian shelling of civilians in #Ukraine: "Some people in a town that got hit or whatever, but mostly young soldiers." #russia #russianwarcrimes

Trump is now blocking the transfer of patriot missiles from European allies to Ukraine. Trump has also stopped the delivery of American weapons purchased by European countries for Ukraine.

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The electronic budget system shows a 6.38 trillion ruble deficit as of 15 October 2026

Breaking News: President Trump signed an executive order to exempt Russia from new sanctions legislation that Congress passed last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

This week, in our update of Russian losses in Ukraine: - 17,000 names added to our list since September 21 en.zona.media/article/2026... - one Ukrainian strike takes out more Russian officers than ever during the entire war; we reveal their names en.zona.media/article/2026...

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For the 4th anniversary of army mobilisation, we added 10K+ names to our losses database in <2 weeks (double the usual rate) based on a leaked list of body exchanges. We only added the names of KIA whose identities we could confirm via state registries en.zona.media/article/2026...

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Since the start of 2026 we’ve confirmed 77K+ deaths of Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Fewer than 10% were actually killed this year: the rest are 2022–2025 losses we’re only now able to verify. In today's update: why our count lags years behind the front en.zona.media/article/2026...

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The US war on Iran is presumably the most stupid war in US history: 1. Trump started it for no good reason, whether to detract from the Epstein files or because he was carried away by Netanyahu. It was a lose-lose war & remains so. /1

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Our bi-weekly update of Russian losses in Ukraine is out! With 236,000 deaths overall, Bashkortostan is maintaining the lead among russian regions: 10,300. We also launched two new languages: Chinese and Portuguese. Please, spread the word: en.zona.media/article/2026...

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Another wow. Today, the Ministry of Finance stopped publishing how much money is left in the treasury account. So this data is now classified 👇

233K confirmed Russian military deaths in Ukraine. For the first time, a single region has passed 10,000 confirmed deaths: Bashkortostan. It has led the country in losses since 2024, so hitting this threshold was only a matter of time Full report: en.zona.media/article/2026...

Russia’s National Wealth Fund, for the first time ever, will have less than half of its reserves in liquid assets than needed to cover the budget deficit this year. I’m projecting a ~12 trillion ruble deficit (federal or consolidated) this year.

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‼️ 🇷🇺 NWF Update As of July 2026: The liquid portion of the Russian National Welfare Fund holds: 👉 189.7938 Billion Yuan (+4.2469 billion) 👉 141.0828 tons of gold (-4.0973 tons) 👉 0 Billion Rubles (-1.53401 billion) (Totals for June) 👀 You’re going to want to read this thread…

Trump was seen watching himself watching himself on Fox News.

This week in our update of Russia’s losses in Ukraine: • An English translation of the full names list! 200.zona.media • A translation of our losses infographic to Polish: zona.media/article/2026... • Overall number—230,600 KIA soldiers: en.zona.media/article/2026...

‼️ Russia: “"The budget is bursting." The price of Russian oil has plummeted to $45 per barrel.” 🍿 ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/07/01/b...

Germany is sending 6,000 new medium-range strike drones to Ukraine to completely cut off supplies to the Russians in Crimea.

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In this week’s update to the named list of KIA Russian soldiers: how are the losses distributed across the seasons, and why are there more deaths in winter and fewer in summer? en.zona.media/article/2026...

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Update 06/18 PM: Not only algae, but now blue paint was seen peeling from the floor of the pool on Thursday, weeks after a $14 million renovation that included a new color President Trump called “American Flag Blue.” Source: CBS News

Today’s Russian papers call the Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow “a record attack”, but claim “Russian attacks do more damage to Ukraine than they do to us.” One paper wonders: “From Moscow’s perspective, what level of escalation is permissible, and what isn’t?” #ReadingRussia

🇦🇺🇺🇦 The Australian government will provide #Ukraine with an additional $100 million in assistance to procure critical military equipment. www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releas...

Russia drained its treasury account balance when oil prices were very low in January and February. Balances in billions of rubles.

The deficit is already significantly higher than the budget plan, which means an increase in borrowing is highly likely (again)

Russian oil taxes for June 2026 are going to be 18 385 rubles per ton or 15% lower than May 2026 but 75% higher than June 2025. However if the subsidies for oil companies are as high as they were in May revenues may be lower than March 2026 this time.

We’ve updated our list of named Russian casualties in the war with Ukraine: - Over 225,000 names - Over 82,000 volunteers - Over 7,000 officers Explore the updated data here: en.zona.media/article/2026...

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Same story: Putin beats his chest, swearing Russian soldiers didn’t die “in vain”. Whatever the cost, worth it. 221,206 killed is the lowest possible KIA count, every one confirmed by name en.zona.media/article/2026...

"At the Dalian Shipyard in northern China, construction is underway on China’s fourth aircraft carrier. Speculation about the vessel, known as the Type 004, is widespread, but many details pertaining to its size, propulsion, and capabilities remain unclear." features.csis.org/hiddenreach/...

Destroyed Russian Be-200 aircraft, now reduced to a blackened stain on the runway at Yeysk airfield. A Su-33 can also be seen parked nearby. Interestingly, the Su-33 was not visible in footage of today’s attack, suggesting it may have been scrambled into the air during the strike air raid.

Even Russian propaganda media by now admitting that things are not looking good for them.

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“Something rather unusual is happening right now inside Russia.” My dispatch for BBC Radio’s From Our Own Correspondent.

This year has so far been one win after another for Ukraine

Our Russian KIA estimate now includes a new category: 90,000 soldiers declared dead by court order, many without a body ever returned. Combined with 261,000 “regular” fatalities, that brings our total estimate with @meduza_en to 352,000 by end of 2025 en.zona.media/article/2026...

For the first time since the war started Ukrainian drones have crossed the Ural Mountains to hit targets in Siberia.

+5,103 names over 2 weeks, bringing our total to 213,858 confirmed Russian KIA. This isn’t tied to recent info, the additions come from matching posts about missing soldiers against official state registries where their deaths are already recorded en.zona.media/article/2026...

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No Cards, huh?