In today’s summary: The intensification of attempts by the Russian Armed Forces to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kursk bridgehead has so far only led to huge losses of equipmentThere is growing evidence of mass looting by Russian military in the Kursk regionRussian units are amassing forces on …

During October 2024, fighting continued in the Gaza Strip, Judea, Samaria, and southLebanon, with attacks on Israel from pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and Yemen. Lebanon: The fighting escalated with the start of the IDF maneuver against Hezbollah insouth Lebanon on October 1, 2024. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 806 attacks on …

The top takeaway isn’t that Ukraine might soon develop nukes, which it couldn’t make any progress on without Russia detecting it, but that Ukraine might soon build its own long-range ballistic missiles and thus lead to Russia compromising on its goal of demilitarizing Ukraine if it’s unable to stop this. …