In the recent development, a hacker group, Cyberpartisans BY, and Silent Crow were able to gain access to the data of the russian statistics authority (Rostat). As per the group’s statements, due to their effort, they were able to steal around 23 terabytes of data, including internal documentation, economic statistics, and most notably information on russian losses in the war.
As per hackers’ estimates, the losses of the russian military can be estimated within the range of 400 and 450 thousand killed. Which indicates that in the last 4 years of the russian war the country may have lost more than a million of its working population due to death or war-related injuries. A situation that may become a major political issue for the enbattled russian dictator who is stuck in a state of perpetual war with Ukraine without major economic or political gains. Forcing russia to look for the alternative sources of the soldiers abroad.
A war without end
As a russian Dictator Vladimir Putin declines to withdraw his maximalistic goals in Ukraine, the war continues to rage on. And with every day, the human cost of the conflict on the russian state becomes even more irreversible. However, as the russian state is running out of time and resources to win the war, the diplomatic solution becomes a more feasible option for Moscow. A calculus that the Kremlin tries to realize via a charm offensive on the American negotiator teams and especially President Trump. Who in the recent months has become more hawkish on the idea that the war of aggression against Ukraine should be ended on the russian terms. A viewpoint that is utterly rejected by European nations and Ukraine, who believe that the time is playing in their favor.
