The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2024/12/03/65022

The Russian military command may have imposed controversial restrictions on the use of private cars by Russian volunteers who deliver military and hum ...

Russian officials continue to demonstrate that the Kremlin is seeking to seize more territory in Ukraine than it currently occupies, and is unwilling ...

Russian forces continue to make significant tactical progress in the western part of Donetsk Oblast, as well as in the eastern parts of Dnipropetrovsk ...

Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) may have tried to cover up the recent removal of the acting commander of the Southern Military District (SMU), Colon ...

The Russian leadership continues to brag about the "Oreshnik" ballistic missile. launched over Ukraine on November 21, with a possible repea ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) may have tried to cover up the recent removal from office of the acting commander of the Southern Military Distr ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military leadership continue to praise the ballistic missile that Russian forces fired into Ukraine o ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the updated Russian nuclear doctrine on Nov. 19 in a clear response to the Biden administration's decision ...

The New York Times (NYT) and Washington Post reported that US President Joe Biden authorized Ukrainian forces to use US-supplied ATACMS in limited str ...

Неотдавнашната икономическа политика на Кремъл показва, че руската икономика вероятно ще бъде изправена пред сериозни предизвикателства през 2025 г. и ...

The Kremlin is trying to dictate the terms of possible "peaceful" talks with Ukraine ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect Donald ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Kremlin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP), spoke about the continuing social and ideological divisions in Russ ...

Kremlin is struggling to prepare the campaign for the Russian State Duma elections in September 2026 due to the uncertainty about the course of the wa ...

The pace of Russia's offensive in Ukraine has picked up in recent weeks, but remains slow and consistent with positional warfare rather than rapid me ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to deny the presence of North Korean military personnel in Russia on October 24, following official Ukrainian ...

The adoption of a declaration on 23 October , the second day of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, showed that Russia has not yet secur ...

South Korea may be considering sending weapons and intelligence personnel directly to Ukraine in response to reports of North Korean troops stationed ...

Russia appears to be trying to ease tensions in its relations with South Korea after receiving credible reports of increased North Korean cooperation ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented to Verkhovna Rada on October 16 The five-part plan for Ukraine's victory in the war by the end of ...

< p>The Kremlin is likely to use the recent strategic partnership agreement with North Korea from June 2024 to deploy troops on the borders. Thi ...

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived on official visit to the People's Republic of China (PRC) on October 14, highlighting ongoing Russia ...

Russian Military Bloggers largely praised Russia's execution of Ukrainian POWs, reinforcing the cultural norm of justifying and glorifying war cri ...

Russian forces are relying on illegally obtained access to the Starlink satellite internet service to improve the effectiveness of their tactical in ...

Russian forces on the evening of October 10 intensified the push of Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region. They are reported to have simultaneously s ...

Russian military command likely ordered Russian forces to conduct relatively high-tempo mechanized attacks in Ukraine to make significant tactical pro ...