Unfortunately, the second dog didn't make it. I feel crass sometimes thinking of animals when there is so much human destruction, suffering and trauma, but it's the inability for them to understand what's happening and why that gets me. My heart breaks for everyone who has to live through this.

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I've come across a very interesting, and rather enormous, collection of research concerning Russia, its war against Ukraine, and the way the country is changing as a result. www.doria.fi/handle/...

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Normally, when I find material I think is worth sharing, I read through it, investigate what needs checking, and try to explain what I've learned to people who are interested in the subject but have even less time to spend on it than I do.

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That's more or less how I've approached much of what I've written here. This time, however, I don't think my usual approach would do the material justice.

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The publication comes from Finland's National Defence University and is titled *Russia's War Against Ukraine: Russia's Future Military Development*.

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