The Institute for the Study of War
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Russia is already successfully circumventing Western sanctions on its military-industrial complexRussia's ability to acquire foreign machine tools despite Western sanctions allows the country to increase its production of tank and artillery ba ...today at 17:5339 -
Kremlin is lying about its offensive on the front in Ukraine to convince the West that Kiev is collapsingRussia continues to conduct a campaign of “cognitive warfare“, the essence of which is to carry out small attacks across the border in ina ...09.02.2026138 -
Air-to-air weapons! The Russian military is modifying its drones to protect them from Ukrainian fighter jets and air defThe Russian military continues its attempts to install air-to-air weapons on its "Shahed" drones so that these strike drones can evade Ukrai ...09.02.2026121 -
Russian companies are actively investing in resource extraction projects in occupied UkraineKazakhstan facilitated the deportation of a Ukrainian citizen to Russia. The Russian investigative project "First Department", which special ...06.02.2026162 -
Russian troops want to apply the successful tactics of Pokrovsk to KonstantinovkaRussian troops are trying to reproduce for the offensive against Konstantinovka the scheme that they had previously successfully applied in Pokrovsk. ...05.02.2026219
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Russia is preparing for war against Finland againRussia is building military infrastructure near the Finnish border, possibly as part of a broader military expansion effort aimed at preparing Russian ...02.02.2026178 -
Russian Army Installs Starlink on Its Strike DronesRussian forces are using low-cost fixed-wing "Molniya" (Lightning) drones equipped with Starlink satellite terminals to impose a battlefield ...30.01.2026157 -
China provides crucial support to RussiaChina continues to provide crucial support to the production of weapons in Russia, including Oreshnik missiles and Shahed long-range drones. This w ...29.01.2026717 -
Russia is trying to force Trump to put pressure on Kiev! In return, it offers a new strategic arms treatyMoscow is trying to reach an agreement with the United States on its demands on Ukraine in exchange for normalizing US-Russian relations, analysts fro ...27.01.2026397 -
Moscow will not submit to Donald Trump's pressure diplomacyKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made a statement in which he hinted that the Kremlin is using its participation in the ongoing negotiations with the U ...26.01.2026124 -
Kremlin's plans! Vladimir Putin wants to use Trump's Peace Council to return frozen assetsRussian President Vladimir Putin is trying to use US President Donald Trump's Peace Council to lift the freeze on Russian assets in order to stimu ...23.01.2026157 -
Pro-war figures are favorites for the Duma in RussiaThe Kremlin has drawn up a list of five candidates to represent the ruling "United Russia" party in the State Duma elections in September 20 ...20.01.2026202 -
EU tightens measures against tankers from Russia's shadow fleetEuropean countries appear to be taking tough measures against oil tankers linked to the shadow fleets of Russia and its allies. The Ukrainian army ...18.01.2026203 -
Putin has shown that he wants not only to seize Ukraine, but also to destroy NATORussian President Vladimir Putin continues to show that he will not be satisfied with a peaceful settlement of the conflict, which concerns only Ukrai ...16.01.2026306 -
ISW: Russian offensive on Ukrainian front slowed in late December 2025The Russian offensive slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to less favorable winter weather conditions and the end of effor ...15.01.2026220 -
ISW: New massive Russian strikePreliminary unconfirmed reports indicate that Russian forces may have launched a strike with the hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM ...09.01.2026278 -
ISW: US seizes tankers attempting to evade sanctionsThe US Coast Guard has seized two oil tankers linked to Russia for attempting to evade US sanctions on Venezuelan oil. On January 7, US officials c ...08.01.2026189 -
ISW: Russians conduct offensive operations in several directions, but without successThe Russian army continues its offensive on the front and does not give up its intention to seize more territories. This is what analysts from the Ins ...04.01.2026246 -
ISW: In 2025, the Russian army captured more Ukrainian territory than in 2024.Russian forces increased their average speed of advance in 2025 thanks to a new operational model, supported by technological adaptations and a change ...01.01.2026497 -
ISW on the strike on Putin's residence: The circumstances do not fit the pattern of the observed evidenceThe Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has not registered any confirmation of Russia's claims about the alleged Ukrainian strike on Vladimir Put ...30.12.2025233 -
ISW: Vladimir Putin continues to press Donald Trump on Ukraine and NATOThe Kremlin's latest statements contradict several of the positions that Trump presented as the basis for ending the war. The Kremlin has repeated ...29.12.2025329 -
ISW: Russia is preparing for a potential conflict with NATO in the futureRussian President Vladimir Putin has explicitly stressed his continued commitment to his maximalist military goals in Ukraine – the same goals t ...18.12.2025459 -
ISW: Vladimir Putin does not accept Western guarantees for Ukraine's securityThe Council of the European Union confirmed that European countries and the United States will provide "solid" security guarantees to Ukrain ...17.12.2025381 -
ISW: Ukrainian army continues massive strikes on Russian refineriesThe Kremlin is setting conditions for rejecting the Ukrainian and European peace plan. It previously rejected key points of the US-proposed 28-point p ...15.12.2025437 -
ISW: Fighting for Kupyansk ContinuesUkrainian forces continue to advance in and near Kupyansk, and more details about the counteroffensive have emerged. This is reported by the Instit ...14.12.2025333