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Russia Invades Ukraine. Again

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America is bombing the shit out of Iran and Russia is helpless to intervein.

"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be Russia's friend is fatal."

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Intervene.

Loser.

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March 1, 2026

Russia launched more than 14,670 guided aerial bombs, 738 missiles, and nearly 19,000 attack drones over the three winter months. https://t.me/V_Zelenskiy_official/18142#

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/01/the-numbers-behind-ukraines-wor
st-winter-since-the-full-scale-invasion/

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Although Russia and Iran are allies and partners, Moscow is not helping the Iranian regime defend itself from US and Israeli attacks.

"Now that Iran's regime is in trouble, the lack of support from its allies is especially noticeable, with Russia particularly absent. Right now, Moscow is not rushing to rescue its 'ally'."

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/02/8023468/

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“We shouldn’t have started with Ukraine”: Russia’s elite openly regret Ukraine war

By Kathrine Frich • March 2, 2026

https://www.dagens.com/war/we-shouldnt-have-started-with-ukraine-russi
as-elite-openly-regret-ukraine-war

Russia’s upper ranks now acknowledge that launching the invasion was a major strategic error.

“The Kremlin made a grave mistake in choosing Ukraine as the target of the attack. If the target had been different, Putin could have achieved much greater results.”

There is recognition that the war has brought heavy political and economic costs without delivering the expected strategic gains.

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Putin’s $2.5 trillion gambit

By David R. Henderson and Ryan Sullivan | Mar 2, 2026, 06:00 PM

https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2026/03/03/putins-25-trillion-gamb
it/

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, debates over sanctions, negotiations and military aid increasingly hinge on a central question: How costly has the war been for Russia itself? Our analysis, using standard economic tools, finds the cost so far to be about $2.5 trillion.

Combining casualty figures, equipment and operational costs, and GDP losses indicates a total cost of approximately $2.5 trillion for the Russian Federation. To put that number in perspective, we note that it exceeds Russia’s $2.2 trillion GDP.

How do these costs compare to the benefits? Russia has gained approximately 28,000 square miles since the start of the war. Conquering a territory of this size has come at a cost of approximately $90 million per square mile in blood and treasure.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2026 5:23 AM

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Ukraine's electricity deficit has fallen to 1 GW, energy minister says

By Alyona Kyrychenko — 3 March, 17:12

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/03/8023699/

Ukraine's power system recorded a 5 – 6 GW electricity deficit in winter, but it has now fallen to 1 GW.

Source: Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal, as reported by Liga.net, an independent Ukrainian online news outlet

Quote: "As of today, the deficit is 1 GW, which is five to six times less than it was in winter. This naturally means a reduction in the number of queues for domestic consumers and slightly less burdensome [power outage] schedules for businesses."

For reference: Ukraine's state-owned electricity transmission operator Ukrenergo defines a "queue" as a group of consumers and businesses using a specific amount of megawatts. The Dispatch Centre sets the number of queues needed across oblasts to address energy deficits. Critical infrastructure and eligible industrial companies that import at least 60% of their energy cannot be disconnected, according to a Ukrainian Cabinet resolution.

Details: Shmyhal also noted that businesses are adapting by developing their own distributed generation. He added that solar power plants are the fastest and most cost-effective way to produce electricity in Ukraine.

Quote: "Ukraine gets plenty of sunlight, and with the arrival of sunnier days and the summer, there will be a surplus of solar energy. This will need to be balanced through the installation of suitable batteries."

Background: In February 2026, Ukraine again imported a record amount of electricity – 1.26 million MWh, a 41% increase compared with January 2026.

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Not enough Patriot missiles to stop 60 Russian Iskanders a month. The Iran war is draining what’s left.
Ukraine’s only defense against ballistic attacks became a whole lot harder to obtain

By Igor Kossov | 03/03/2026

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/03/not-enough-patriot-missiles-to-
stop-60-russian-iskanders-a-month-the-iran-war-is-draining-whats-left/

Patriot missile systems are Ukraine's only defense against ballistic missiles, of which Russia makes 70 to 85 per month.

But Patriot ammo, already in global short supply, is quickly draining as the US and Gulf states fend off Iranian missiles.

Ukraine has survived the winter but Russia’s airstrike campaign is not slowing down. Every month, hundreds of drones and missiles attack cities, killing people and damaging vital infrastructure.

While Ukraine has multiple options to deal with drones and cruise missiles, the country has just one answer to ballistic missiles, which plummet from the sky at steep angles.

With Iran firing hundreds of missiles at multiple targets in the opening days of the latest war, Taiwan preparing for an invasion from China, Europe trying to build up its capabilities, and Ukraine dealing with Russia’s terror strikes, everyone wants to get their hands on as many Patriot munitions as possible. But the US only produces limited amounts each year.

“Patriot missile production has been a bottleneck in US capabilities,” DeVore told Euromaidan Press. “The disconnect between supply and demand does mean that the US government has quite a bit of power in deciding whom to prioritize.”

High demand, limited supply

The Patriot system has gone through several generations of missile interceptors. The ones in use today include the older PAC-2 and the more widely-fielded PAC-3 MSE.

US defense contractors can produce 550 PAC-3 MSE interceptors per year, according to the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Estimates. The US Army is buying 224 of them, while the remaining amount is slated for foreign sales. Each missile costs about $3.8 million.

The US also produces the cheaper PAC-2 interceptors for foreign buyers, but in much smaller quantities, according to US open source analyst John Ridge.

The DoD recently signed a framework with defense giant Lockheed Martin to raise PAC-3 MSE production to 2,000 units per year over the next 6-7 years. The agreement has yet to be funded, but should slowly alleviate these issues over the next half-decade.

That does nothing for the short-term bottleneck. Current rates of production are not enough to feed both US and global demand, stoked by active wars and simmering tensions around the world, from Ukraine to Taiwan.

More about alternatives to the Patriot at https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/03/not-enough-patriot-missiles-to-
stop-60-russian-iskanders-a-month-the-iran-war-is-draining-whats-left/

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Russian forces “deliberately and brutally” executed 337 Ukrainian prisoners of war as of the end of 2025, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said on March 3.

Lubinets made the statement during a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting.

https://english.nv.ua/nation/russia-executed-at-least-337-ukrainian-po
ws-50588722.html

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