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Samuel Bendett says, "We're in a state right now where it's more difficult to predict how sanctions are really going to impact Russia or their exports."

Samuel Bendett says, “Tehran could provide Russia with combat drones and loitering munitions — also known as “kamikaze” or “suicide” drones — to hit Ukrainian targets with better precision.”

Samuel Bendett says, “"It's clear the Ukrainians can't match the Russians unit for unit and soldier for soldier and Ukraine, like the Russians, is running out of soldiers. So Ukraine has to be very judicial in how they draw out the Russian forces."

Samuel Bendett says, “It’s not clear how “coordinated work in combat crews” differs from combat. And that blurs the line between civilians and troops and creates a new type of combatant.”

David Finkelstein says, “what this was demonstrating was that after nearly three decades of focused and sustained military modernization, the PLA can finally provide the leadership of Beijing with a range of military options across the spectrum of conflict that it did not possess back in '95 and '96.”

Jonathan Schroden says, “Because Biden wanted to minimize U.S. casualties, the military had no choice but to withdraw as quickly as possible because the Taliban could renege on the deal and attack at any moment.”

Jonathan Schroden says, “It's more important for long-term systemic learning and organizational learning. Revisiting in detail how did we end up in a situation where we had to do that withdrawal, to do an evacuation, is critically important.”

Samuel Bendett says, “Having a factory would be of major benefit to Ukraine and help to increase access to other types of drones produced by Baykar.”

Samuel Bendett says, “The most significant development has been the ability of the Ukrainian forces to launch long range strikes against Russia positions and target Russian military assets hundreds of kilometers away.”

Samuel Bendett says, “It's clear the Ukrainians can't match the Russians unit for unit and soldier for soldier. And Ukraine, like the Russians, is running out of soldiers.”

Jeffrey Edmonds says, "The best bet is there's a short-range ballistic missile that the Ukrainians had been working on.”

Michael Kofman says, “Russia will continue to face problems with soldiers refusing to fight, military, but one shouldn’t underestimate Russia’s ability to “muddle through ... with half-measures.”

Dmitry Gorenburg says, “The government in Kyiv has signaled for weeks that it intends to move on the city, which before the invasion was home to approximately 300,000. And while the Ukrainians' efforts have already helped recover some nearby villages, Russian units have taken notice.”

Samuel Bendett says, “In this sense, the main goal of the ‘Dronnitsa’ meet is to initiate the formation of such an instructor corps, to establish, in fact, a new specialty—an instructor in the combat use of UAVs, and to create a system for training such specialists.”

Samuel Bendett says, “it also prioritizes environmental research, development of a secure information system in the Arctic and better technologies to develop weapons systems, among other goals.”

Jonathan Schroden says, “In other words, the Taliban did not pledge to sever all ties with Al Qaeda; rather it agreed to prevent the terrorist group and other such organizations from launching attacks on the United States or training and conducting fundraising on Afghan territory.”