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"Trust But Verify:" Analyzing Refugee Vehicle Movements in Eastern Ukraine
Commercial satellite imagery analysis of the Russia-Ukraine border suggests that the Russian government may have inflated its claimed number of Ukrainian refugees entering Russia. The Kremlin likely boosted official statistics on accepted Ukrainian refugees to present a positive image of the war to Russian citizens and Russian speakers to justify operations in Ukraine.
Chinese Economic Cooperation with the Taliban: An Assessment of Progress
This report evaluates the progress of five commercial projects central to Sino-Taliban economic cooperation. GDIL finds modest progress in Chinese-backed mining and oil projects and limited progress in industrial and road projects.
Russia Reallocates Resources to Filtration Operations Based On Anticipated Flow of Displaced Ukrainian Civilians
According to commercial satellite imagery and open-source reporting, Moscow dismantled tents at alleged filtration sites in the southern Donetsk Oblast region, at the Russian Veselo-Voznesenka border checkpoint, and along the M-2 Highway between the towns of Kharkiv and Belgorod in Russia likely due to the decline in displaced civilian movement (as evidenced in declining vehicle activity) and “filtration” needs through these areas.