From: efbregg73@gmx-xx.comm   
      
   https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2026-01/2   
   0127_Jones_War_Ukraine.pdf?VersionId=Ktl9nIJ7y6vMMVwx_41fvJ3uqRJMWxMn   
      
   "The analysis has several main findings. First, Russian   
   forces have suffered approximately 1.2 million casualties   
   (killed, wounded, and missing) and as many as 325,000   
   killed since February 2022."   
      
   "A DECLINING POWER   
   While Russia still possesses nuclear weapons and a large   
   military, it does not measure up as a great power in virtually   
   any category of military, economic, or science and technology indicators.54   
   Russia has   
   suffered the highest casualty rate of any major power in any war since World   
   War   
   II, and its military has performed poorly, with historically   
   slow rates of advance and little new territory to show for its   
   efforts over the last two years."   
      
   "Russia is becoming a second- or third-rate economic power.   
   Its economy is showing strains because of the war, though   
   it has not buckled. Russian manufacturing is declining,   
   consumer demand is weakening, inflation remains stubbornly high, and the   
   country faces   
   a labor crunch. Economic growth slowed to 0.6 percent in 2025, and Russia   
   continues to fall behind in key technologies such as AI.4   
   Russia had a grand total of zero companies in the top 100   
   list of technology companies in the world as measured by   
   market capitalization."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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