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Within two months, Russia significantly increased the number of jet-powered Gerans it produced and launched.

Ukraine’s interception rate for them was only 60 percent in August.

This shows that Russia’s defence industry should not be underestimated. The analyst writes that it can combine the needs of modern warfare with the capacity of large Soviet-era arms factories.

Putin made perhaps the most bizarre claim yet about Russian advances. Russia allegedly captured the small town of Sviatohirsk, which remains 10 km from the front line.