Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the fight against the Russians “terrorism” and calls for the strengthening of so-called “law enforcement operations” to create conditions for furthe…
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that the Russian winter offensive has failed to achieve the Kremlin’s goals of seizing all of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Source: ISW report from 1 April 2023
Details: Russian, Ukrainian, and Western sou…
Dictator Vladimir Putin has changed the concept of Russia’s foreign policy ahead of Russia’s presidency in the United Nations Security Council for future efforts to form an anti-Western coalition at the UN.
Source: ISWDetails: On 31 March, Putin approv…
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has awarded the Golden Cross to Ruslan Zubariev, a senior soldier of the 92nd Ivan Sirko Separate Mechanised Brigade, and awarded him with a ceremonial weapon.
Source: Zaluzhnyi on T…
The desire of Russian troops to stabilise the front line indicates the return of the Russian Federation to a defensive operational plan after offensive attempts did not bring any convincing results.
Source: intelligence review report of UK Defence Mini…
Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that Russia’s information space is reacting “with considerable concern” to reports of a slowdown in Russian operations and a possible counteroffensive by Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
Source: IS…
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has suggested that Russia’s offensive in Donbas may be nearing its culmination and that Ukraine has the capacity to regain the initiative and launch a counteroffensive.
Source: ISWDetails: The ISW notes that the…
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ceded centralised control over the Russian information space.
Source: ISW report from 11 March 2023
Details: The ISW reported that Russian forces did not m…
In the first half of February 2022, two weeks before the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, two interconnected events took place in Kharkiv. First, officers of Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence carried out some so-called additional intel…
Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), having analysed the situation, came to the conclusion that Russian troops will not be able to encircle Bakhmut in the near future.
Source: ISW
Details: Russian forces appear to have secured a suffic…