Russia ‘losing 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit’

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Moscow recruits an estimated 1,000 people a day but western officials say it cannot keep up with casualty level

Russia is losing about 6,000 more troops in Ukraine each month than it can recruit, western officials have said.

While Russia is still acquiring new battlefield recruits at speed, with an estimated rate of 1,000 a day, in the last two months even this has not been sufficient to replace those killed or injured.

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China & Taiwan Update, August 28, 2026 – Institute for the Study of War

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  1. China & Taiwan Update, August 28, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  2. Taiwan parliament rejects government military drone plan, passes own version  Reuters
  3. Taiwan signs NT$26.9 billion deal for more than 2,000 Altius drones  Taiwan News
  4. Taiwan Lines Up $7 Billion Boost for Drone Builders to Counter China  WSJ
  5. Digging Deeper Into Taiwan’s Defense Budget  dominotheory.com
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Norway’s King Harald, who fled Nazis as a child and modernized monarchy, dies at 89 – The Washington Post

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  1. Norway’s King Harald, who fled Nazis as a child and modernized monarchy, dies at 89  The Washington Post
  2. Harald V, the sailing king who epitomized a modern Norwegian royalty, dies  CNN
  3. Who Is Haakon, Norway’s New King?  The New York Times
  4. Norwegian Line of Succession to the Throne, Explained  Town & Country Magazine
  5. Norwegians lay flowers at palace as King Harald's condition worsens  BBC
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Thieves Steal Bronze Age Treasures in Brazen Spanish Museum Heist – The New York Times

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  1. Thieves Steal Bronze Age Treasures in Brazen Spanish Museum Heist  The New York Times
  2. Ancient gold treasures stolen from Spanish museum in "super-fast" raid  CBS News
  3. Bronze age treasure stolen in four-minute Spanish museum heist  The Guardian
  4. Thieves steal Bronze Age artefacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist  BBC
  5. Spain: Thieves steal Bronze Age gold at Villena Museum  DW.com
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A 24-year-old woman planted a bomb that killed a Russian officer near St. Petersburg. By the time the FSB tracked her to Turkey, she had already left for Moldova. – Meduza

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  1. A 24-year-old woman planted a bomb that killed a Russian officer near St. Petersburg. By the time the FSB tracked her to Turkey, she had already left for Moldova.  Meduza
  2. Russian serviceman killed in car bomb in St. Petersburg, officials say  AP News
  3. Russian serviceman killed in explosion in St. Petersburg, media reports  Reuters
  4. Russian serviceman dies in car blast in St. Petersburg  DW.com
  5. Car Bomb Kills Military Officer in St. Petersburg  The Moscow Times
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EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand late in August after drone attacks, sources say – Reuters

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  1. EXCLUSIVE: Russia's gasoline output drops to 70% of domestic demand late in August after drone attacks, sources say  Reuters
  2. Drone Strike Causes Blaze at Oil Refinery in Russia’s Kirishi  Bloomberg.com
  3. Ukraine’s drone attacks have left Russia desperately scrambling for oil imports  The Guardian
  4. Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills One, Sparks Fire at Yaroslavl Oil Refinery  The Moscow Times
  5. Russia's second largest oil refinery, airbase targeted by Ukrainian forces in strikes across Russia  The Kyiv Independent
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China removes two top generals from supreme military command body – Reuters

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  1. China removes two top generals from supreme military command body  Reuters
  2. China strips former generals Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli of top military positions  South China Morning Post
  3. Xi’s Military Purge Sees Loyalists Ousted From China Legislature  Bloomberg.com
  4. China removes ex-top general Zhang from Central Military Commission: State media  CNA
  5. China removes top generals from state Central Military Commission  Nikkei Asia
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4 men plead guilty to torching 4 London-based ambulances operated by Jewish charity – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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  1. 4 men plead guilty to torching 4 London-based ambulances operated by Jewish charity  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Four plead guilty to burning four ambulances owned by London Jewish charity  The Times of Israel
  3. Four men plead guilty to arson attack on Jewish ambulances in London  Reuters
  4. Hatzalah ambulance arsonists plead guilty in UK court  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Four men plead guilty to Golders Green ambulance arson attack  Sky News
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Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he’s in no hurry – AP News

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  1. Trump used to say he saw a quick end to his Iran war, but 6 months later he claims he's in no hurry  AP News
  2. US-Iran war reaches 6-month mark as Strait of Hormuz tensions remain high  Fox News
  3. Iran Talks Sputter as Trump Spurns a Return to His June Deal  WSJ
  4. Oil settles up 2% after Trump rejects return to Iran ceasefire deal terms  Yahoo Finance
  5. Donald Trump rejects return to June MoU terms, Hormuz tensions escalate  The Jerusalem Post
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Tropical Storm Dolly downgraded to ‘open tropical wave’ as it heads to Caribbean

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Remnants from tropical storm could cause heavy rainfall on Leeward Islands and affect Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola

Remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly, which has been downgraded to an “open tropical wave”, were moving still across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Leeward Islands, and could bring heavy rainfall to parts of the Caribbean this weekend, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday..

Dolly, which formed on Thursday, had maximum sustained winds of near 40mph (65km/h) with higher gusts on Friday morning. Later on Friday, forecasters said that Dolly was no longer a Tropical Storm, and had “become an open tropical wave”.

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The America First Economics of Trump’s Patriot Missile Shortage – Newsweek

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  1. The America First Economics of Trump’s Patriot Missile Shortage  Newsweek
  2. Exclusive: US Patriot missile stocks in Europe are 'beyond critical' due to Iran war, officials say  AP News
  3. U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China  The Washington Post
  4. US officials concerned over dwindling arms stocks impact on defense  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Drain on U.S. Munitions From Iran War Raises Fears Over Ability to Deter China, Russia  WSJ
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Charles Perrottet becomes Icac’s main character amid claims of hidden payments and political hit jobs

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The brother of former premier questioned over what, if anything, was done in return for $2m from developer turned fugitive Jean Nassif

Finally, we are hearing from one of the central characters, Charles Perrottet, in a saga that has occupied the Independent Commission against Corruption (Icac) for nearly four years.

It began with the dismissal of the Hills Shire council and a late night 2022 speech in NSW parliament alleging secret payments from a developer. It pirouetted to a pressure campaign allegedly to remove the then NSW building commissioner, and ended with real world impacts: defective high-rise buildings and thousands of unhappy homebuyers, with the developer nowhere to be seen.

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