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2026-08-28Caucasus — module overview, Georgia campaign, EUMM, Georgia profile

Four corrections found during the Caucasus depth review. (1) TERMINOLOGY. The module overview described TRIPP in two places as a reframing of the "Zangezur corridor" — historical phase XII called it "the 'Trump Route' / TRIPP framing of the old Zangezur corridor question", and a watch item opened "The 'Zangezur'/TRIPP corridor question". TRIPP is a named framework with published instruments, which Armenia describes as operating under its own sovereignty; "Zangezur corridor" is Azerbaijan's older and continuing term for a connection it has framed as extraterritorial. Making them synonyms adopts one party's characterisation. Both passages rewritten to name the two things separately and to record that Baku still uses its own term. (2) WHO INITIALLED WHAT. Phase XII stated that the two leaders initialled the peace framework at the August 2025 Washington summit. The peace agreement text was initialled by the two foreign ministers; the leaders signed a joint declaration. Corrected. (3) A PRECONDITION ALREADY MET. The overview's first watch item listed "the OSCE Minsk structures' formal burial" among the conditions remaining before treaty signature, while the module's own key events record the Minsk Group's dissolution as accomplished. The watch item has been rewritten and now names the constitutional referendum timetable instead. (4) EUMM'S MANDATE. Five records described the EU Monitoring Mission as monitoring "the Georgian-controlled side", "from one side only" or "the government- controlled side". The mission's mandate covers the whole of Georgia; the de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia have denied it access since it deployed. The earlier wording attributed the limitation to the EU rather than to the parties imposing it. Corrected in the overview, the Georgia campaign, the boundary-access impact chain, the boundary-lines terrain record and the EUMM Force Atlas entry. Separately, the Georgia profile dated the Russia–South Ossetia treaty to June 2026; it was signed on 9 May 2026, with the de facto leadership change following in June.

Items 1, 2 and 4 are error corrections; item 3 is an internal inconsistency in which one part of the module contradicted another, and the events file was the correct half. None of them changes the module's standing findings — the treaty remains unsigned, TRIPP remains unbuilt, and EUMM's observations still cover one side of both lines. What they change is who the reader understands to be responsible for each fact.
2026-08-23Ukraine actor profile — Government & leadership

The profile listed both the prime minister and the defence minister as "in transition" and named Serhii Koretskyi only as "reported as incoming". Parliament had in fact approved Koretskyi as prime minister on 16 July 2026 with 289 votes, and confirmed Maj. Gen. Yevhenii Khmara as defence minister on 19 August 2026 with 312 votes. Both rows now name the confirmed holders with their dates and votes, and the block's review date has been advanced from 22 July to 19 August 2026.

Found during the interconnection audit for the 23 August cycle. The stale reading stood for roughly five weeks. It understated how far the July reshuffle had been resolved; it did not affect any brief, event or Analytical Note, all of which described the reshuffle in the past tense and named the vacancy as an open watch item.
2026-08-11Caucasus — key events, normalisation campaign, United States profile

The key-event entry for the August 2025 Washington summit expanded TRIPP as the "Trans-Republic of Armenia Peace and Prosperity" route. The route's name is the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity"; the earlier formulation does not yield the acronym and did not match the usage in the 18 July 2026 weekly brief or the module overview. Corrected. At the same time the module's account of the project's scope was extended: TRIPP had been recorded as the road and railway Armenian officials describe, which was accurate for those statements but omitted the wider scope set out in the Armenia–US implementation framework of 14 January 2026 — road, rail, electricity transmission, oil and gas pipelines and fibre-optic infrastructure. Two key events were added for the January 2026 framework and the 26 May 2026 signed framework agreement, and the United States profile now carries the scope, the reported route length and the agreement date.

Partly an error correction (the name) and partly a completeness update (the scope and the two 2026 instruments, neither of which the module previously recorded). The reported route length of approximately 43 km is carried as reported and approximate: it is not a fixed project specification, and the precise implementation area remains subject to feasibility and design work. Nothing in this update changes the module's status finding — the route is at survey and pre-construction stage and no construction has been recorded.
2026-08-09Syria — SDF profile, Force Atlas, key events, 18 July brief

Vigil described the 30 January 2026 integration agreement as moving "three divisions and two specialised brigades" of the SDF into the Ministry of Defence. That was the structure of the roadmap discussed in early January, not of the agreement as concluded. The agreement provides for a single Ministry of Defence division formed from three SDF brigades, plus a brigade at Kobani (Ain al-Arab) attached to a division affiliated with Aleppo governorate. The SDF actor profile, the Force Atlas records for the SDF and for Syrian state forces, the key-event entry for the agreement and the 18 July 2026 weekly brief were corrected.

An error correction, not a status update: the earlier formulation overstated the scale of the transfer by roughly a factor of three and was carried across five records from a single mis-set baseline. The related claim that the Women's and Counter-Terrorism brigades enter the Ministry of Defence intact was removed at the same time — the Women's Protection Units are reported as heading to the Interior Ministry as a counter-terrorism force, and that file is described by both parties as still open. Source basis: the reported text of the agreement (Asharq Al-Awsat, The National), with implementation status from the 4 August 2026 Damascus meeting.
2026-07-22Ukraine–Russia — profile, Force Atlas, key events

Updated Ukraine leadership and command-structure references after verified reporting that Mykhailo Drapatyi was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 21 July 2026, replacing Oleksandr Syrskyi, with Ihor Skybiuk named chief of the General Staff on 22 July. The Ukraine profile's leadership block was revised (commander-in-chief, chief of the General Staff, and the in-transition prime-minister and defence-minister posts following the July 2026 government reshuffle); a key event was added to the Ukraine timeline; and the Armed Forces of Ukraine Force Atlas record was reviewed for consistency. The first Vigil Analytical Note was published for the full context.

Context/update, not an error correction — the affected records reflected the prior leadership, which was accurate when last reviewed. Source basis: Ukrainian Presidential Office, corroborated by Reuters, AP and Ukrainian outlets. The structural Force Atlas record was not changed (it holds branch/formation structure, not the C-in-C office); interpretive claims in the note are graded moderate.
2026-07-12Theatre Map

The Pokrovsk axis marker described the city as a hub whose loss "would" complicate Ukraine's Donbas position; Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad were in fact reported captured by Russian forces in early 2026. The record now reflects the reported capture and the shift of fighting to the axes west and north of the city.

Found during the July 2026 source-quality audit; the record predated the site's verified weekly reporting.
2026-07-12Site-wide

Formation, branch, actor and equipment records that cited only broad source categories now additionally cite the specific references that document their structural claims (IISS Military Balance, MilitaryLand.net), and generic "official statements" citations were narrowed to the specific claimant (Ukrainian military statements / Russian MoD statements) where the claimant is unambiguous.

2026-07-11Force Atlas

The Azov record was renamed to its current designation (12th Special Forces Brigade "Azov") and placed under the National Guard's 1st Corps "Azov" (2025), with predecessor lineage recorded back to the 2014 volunteer battalion.

Record id and URL unchanged.
2026-07-11Force Atlas

KRAKEN 1654 (previously listed as "Kraken" under the National Guard) was re-grouped under intelligence-linked formations, reflecting its documented 2022 military-intelligence origin. Its current formal subordination is publicly contested and remains marked disputed pending source review; it has not been assigned to the 3rd Army Corps.

2026-07-11Force Atlas

Russian Naval Infantry was shown directly under the Armed Forces of Russia; it is now correctly placed as a component of the Russian Navy, which has been added as a branch record.

2026-07-11Force Atlas

The collapsed "Navy & Naval Infantry" node was split: the Navy record now covers the fleet arm, and the Marine Corps has its own record as a structurally distinct branch established in 2023.

Record id and URL unchanged; the Marine Corps record is new.
2026-07-11Force Atlas

The Aerospace Forces (VKS) record, previously a single flat branch, now carries its umbrella structure: Air Force, Air & Missile Defence Forces and Space Forces.

2026-07-11Force Atlas

The Wagner-successor record is now titled "Wagner Group → Africa Corps" and carries machine-readable lineage (formed 2014, reorganised 2023 under Ministry of Defence control) instead of presenting the organisation as institutionally unchanged.

Record id and URL unchanged.
2026-07-09Site-wide

Corrections log opened alongside the initial publication of the Ukraine–Russia module in prototype status.

No content corrections recorded yet.