#Russia

The Zlatoust Metallurgical Plant sits at the center of a major Russian alloy supply chain, drawing inputs from Iran, Kazakhstan, and within Russia. Without this steel chain, Russia’s military ability to fly, swim, and crawl would suffer significantly, as newly obtained documentation shows.

Ukraine has achieved what seemed improbable even in military theory: without a conventional navy, it has systematically eroded the offensive power of a far stronger maritime power—in waters long treated as its own backyard.