One-year anniversary of Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

In the video below, Max Bergmann moderates the panel comprising Maria Snegovaya, Michael Kimmage, and the RAND Corporation's Dara Massicot, a Senior Policy Researcher and expert on the Russian military. The discussion will take stock of the war in Ukraine so far, its implications for both Ukraine and Russia, and the ongoing impact the war is having on European politics and US policy in the broader region.

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Meanwhile, a new report from the Conflict Observatory, in partnership with Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab, alleges Russia has forced more than 6,000 Ukrainian children into “re-education” camps.

The report, titled “Russia’s systematic program for the re-education and adoption of Ukraine’s children,” outlines what it calls the Kremlin’s systematic efforts to abduct children, prevent their return to Ukraine and “re-educate” them to become pro-Russia.

NATO members are also in Brussels for their last day of talks, during which they pledged to continue support for Ukraine. Still, despite months of pleas from Kyiv for fighter jets, getting them appears unlikely.

“We cannot forgive the fate of more than 16,000 children who were forcibly removed from the territory of Ukraine. Actually stolen. And these are only those we know for sure,” Herasymchuk said, adding that the number of missing children could be higher.

“There are no accurate data on the number of forcibly displaced and deported children since we do not have any diplomatic relations with Russia and Russia refuses to communicate not only with us but also with international organizations about Ukrainian children,” she added in remarks announcing a new portal that will help Ukrainians track and report crimes against children.

The platform, dubbed “Children of War,” was established at the direction of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and aims to quickly collect and report information about children lost, displaced or deported during the war.

Russia’s estimated to have lost about half of its mightiest battle tanks in its unprovoked war against Ukraine, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Russia’s pre-invasion fleet of T-72B3 and T-72B3M main battle tanks stands at about 50% of its pre-invasion levels, and it has about a third of its pre-war fleet of T-80BV and T-80BU tanks, according to the British group.

“Industrial production continues but remains slow, forcing Moscow to rely on its older stored weapons as attrition replacements,” said John Chipman, International Institute for Strategic Studies Director-General and Chief Executive, during a launch event of the annual Military Balance report.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s military is able to strike at longer ranges with its arsenal of Western weapons.

“Ukraine’s forces also demonstrate adaptation in war and decentralization of command. While threats from Russian artillery have forced Ukraine’s artillery to disperse to avoid destruction, persistent battlefield surveillance and improved communications have nonetheless enabled Ukrainians to effectively concentrate their artillery fire,” Chipman said.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told NBC News that Iran is working to extend Russia’s war in Ukraine by supplying the Kremlin with additional weapons.

“I think Iran is working to extend this conflict unnecessarily and inflict casualties on civilians,” Austin told NBC’s Courtney Kube on the sidelines of the NATO defense ministerial.

Austin added that so far the U.S. has identified Iranian drones used by Russian forces in Ukraine but has not seen Iranian ballistic missiles yet.

“We don’t put it past Russia to request that from Iran. I think the Ukrainians will soon be getting some Patriot batteries and I think that will be very helpful in addressing any capabilities like that in the future,” Austin said, adding that the Kremlin has also reached out to North Korea for weapons as well.

There is no way Russia can win this war. The world can not allow this kind of barbaric behaviour in 2023. And Russia will never recover from this blunder and history will not forget. History will not forget the rogue supporters of Putin in this either like Belarus, Iran, North Korea and China… the axis of evil.

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