10/ "3. Lack of coordination between the Ministry of Defence, military registration and enlistment offices, military police, the Military Prosecutor's Office, and the Defenders of the Fatherland [FZO, a veterans' and families' support organisation],…
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Lack of unified database causes conflicting soldier status updates for families
11/ …and the absence of a unified database and integrated support system/service. On any given day, a soldier's family may receive 3-4 different statuses about him: ‘in service,’ ‘missing in action,’ ‘killed in action,’ ‘captured,’ ‘AWOL.’
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Mined bodies or rubble lead to enemy drone and shell attacks
9/ "Either the bodies are mined or they lie under rubble and require special equipment, but as soon as the equipment arrives and work begins, enemy drones and shells arrive.
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Evacuation hampered by staff shortages and assault teams deployed
6/ "Evacuation is further complicated by a serious shortage of personnel at the front — there are very few evacuation teams. Evacuation teams are sent into combat."
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50,000 Claims for Missing Soldiers to Receive Compensation
2/ Mediazona and Meduza report that by the beginning of August 2025, families of missing soldiers had filed about 50,000 claims to declare their relatives dead, so that they can obtain compensation. The vast majority of the missing are indeed likely to be deceased.
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250 Russian soldiers missing or killed daily
At least 250 Russian soldiers a day are being declared missing or dead by the courts, equivalent to the declared daily losses of the Russian army at the front. Although at least 50,000 men are missing, the Russian government is doing little to help relatives.
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Russia resists Western-backed peace efforts in Ukraine
Analysts tell NYT that by hitting EU offices and a US-run plant in Ukraine, Russia signaled it would resist Western-backed peace efforts and long-term security commitments.
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Explosions et opérations de défense aérienne en Crimée occupée
Explosions and Russian air defense operations reported in temporarily occupied Crimea
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Merz: Ukraine war to last a long time
The war in Ukraine will last a long time, Merz told ZDF in an interview. According to him, wars end either with "a military defeat of one of the parties," which neither Moscow nor Kyiv is close to at the moment, or with "economic and/or military exhaustion," which also isn't the case yet.
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First public use of Ukrainian Flamingo missile in Crimea (12 words max)
The first publicly known combat use of a Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile against Russian targets in Crimea, near Armyansk, is reported. The strike hit an FSB post and several hovercraft. Six hovercraft were reportedly damaged and at least one serviceman was killed.