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The Ukraine-Russia War: A Grinding Test of Industrial Might

Washington and Kyiv are at odds in public. Trump waived his own Russia sanctions law two days before it bit and called Zelensky “not a good guy for us to deal with”; Kyiv says a US-run satellite cap still grounds its fastest drones. Putin has added a border “security zone” to his terms, and his generals claim ground that ISW measures as lost.

-81
km² net change in Russian-held ground last month, on ISW’s count
−171 since Aug 2026
$1.9bn
short of the weapons needed, every month
Russia
Ukraine (Sovereign Borders)
Russian-Occupied Territory
Territorial control: Russian-occupied territory against Ukraine's sovereign borders.
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