The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2024/12/15/30825

Ukrainian strikes on military airfields in Russia and Russian air defense systems in the near rear areas may lead to a reduction in Russian air operat ...

Russian forces continue to achieve tactical successes south of Pokrovsk while hitting Ukraine's weak points and attempting to attack directly from ...

There continues to be a cautious and indecisive attempt at a Kremlin response to the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. Sentinel-2 satellite ...

Russia continues to face huge costs needed to sustain its military effort against Ukraine, as rising economic tensions, labor shortages and systemic c ...

In the fall of 2024, the Russian army lost about 53 soldiers per square kilometer in its advance on Ukrainian territories. This is what analysts from ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to champion Russia's economic stability and growth, while high interest rates and efforts to fight infl ...

Russia has evacuated naval assets from its base in Tartus, Syria, which may suggest that it does not intend to send significant reinforcements to the ...

Prominent voices in the Russian information space continues to emphasize that Russian President Vladimir Putin is only interested in peace negotiation ...

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 ...