Moscow has become a target of more than 10,000 new sanctions since February 2022, bringing the total number to around 13,000 and making Russia the most sanctioned country in the world.

SOURCE: "A Continent Forged in Crisis: Assessing Europe One Year into the War" by CSIS's Max Bergmann, Ilke Toygür, and Otto Svendsen.

In December 2022, the Taliban issued a ban on women working for international humanitarian organizations, which forced some aid organizations to pause vital programming for all genders, and immediately severed assistance to 11.6 million women and girls.

SOURCE: "The Taliban’s Increasing Restrictions on Civil Society and Aid Organizations" by CSIS's ​Marti Flacks, Lauren Burke, and Nicolas Jude Larnerd.

Declassified U.S. intelligence revelealed Russia was buying millions of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea. The White House released satellite images showing the movement of five Russian railcars from Khasan, Russia, to Tumangang, North Korea, to supply North Korean arms to Russia’s Wagner Group.

SOURCE: "Arms, Oil, and Coal: The Tumangang-Khasan Railroad Crossing" by CSIS's Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Victor Cha, and Jennifer Jun.

As of January 15, 2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recorded 18,358 civilian casualties in Ukraine: 7,031 killed and 11,327 injured.

SOURCE: "Single Point of Failure: Will Outside Support for Ukraine Endure?" by CSIS's Emily Harding in "Experts React: Factors Shaping the Russia-Ukraine Conflict in 2023."