Military experts have long scrutinized Russia's naval capabilities, acknowledging its nuclear submarine deterrents as a clear strength, but noting that Putin's navy is primarily composed of older Soviet-era vessels that lack the capacity to project power globally in a large-scale conflict, reports the Express.

At the latest Nato summit in The Hague, the alliance announced that members had set a new target of spending 5 per cent of GDP on defence and security by 2035. In part, this is likely to have been driven by a realisation that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff’s shuttle diplomacy and Europe’s denunciations of Vladimir Putin will not be enough to end the war in Ukraine.

Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, says the Kremlin supports diplomacy in resolving the war. At the same time, Moscow complained that Ukraine had allegedly rejected the possibility of dialogue. Peskov was asked how relations between Russia and Ukraine will be built after the war is over.

Vladimir Putin is desperate for more manpower shore up his military campaign in Ukraine, according to a new report

Russia will reinforce its Black Sea Fleet with marine robotic systems, warships, and additional aircraft, Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's Maritime Collegium, said in an interview with the state-run RIA Novosti published on July 25.

Russian ground advances across eastern Ukraine appear to be small at first glance — only 1.2 square kilometers on an average per day near the city of Kupiansk. Or, as the Institute for the Study of War notes,