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CIR's Eyes on Russia project has been tracking Russia's strikes on Ukraine's energy grid for years. We spoke to investigator Joshua Scriven about how Russia chooses its targets, why winter is the critical period, and what open-source data reveals about a campaign aimed at civilian life.

On 8 July 2026, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) captured Al Kurmuk in Sudan's Blue Nile state, around one kilometre from the Ethiopian border. CIR verified six videos of SAF fighters in the town, part of a wider pattern of SAF movements documented across the state between 28 May and 8 July 2026. CIR also identified hate speech from Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanders threatening SAF, the Joint Forces and specific tribal communities.

In February 2024, Myanmar's military authorities activated the People's Military Service Law, giving them a legal basis to conscript men and women of eligible age into a conflict the military has struggled to sustain. In practice, much of this recruitment appears to be carried out through detention, coercion and disappearance rather than formal call-up, and often without notice to families.