The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2025/01/11/40809

Russian elites and senior security officials are frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to wage a full-scale war in Ukraine ...

On January 3, Russian soldiers executed more Ukrainian prisoners of war. A geolocated image released on January 6 shows the aftermath of the announcem ...

On January 5, Ukrainian forces resumed offensive operations in at least three areas in the Ukrainian fortified area in Kursk Oblast and made tactical ...

For many years, Russia has been talking about both the US and UK pumping Ukraine with weapons, as well as about NATO military activity that violates R ...

Data from the Ukrainian General Staff shows that they destroyed or damaged 3,689 tanks, 8,956 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), 13,050 artillery syst ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) continues to inadequately supply Russian military personnel with basic equipment and ammunition, forcing soldier ...

Russian forces have taken control of 4,168 square kilometers in Ukraine and Kursk Oblast, mostly fields and small settlements. Ukrainian Commander-in- ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated the demand for Ukraine to give up sovereignty and territorial integrity as a precondition for starti ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has categorically rejected the two proposals that the team of the newly elected US President Donald Trump in ea ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on December 14 that the Russian military has deployed North Korean soldiers in infantry attacks in the Kur ...

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 ...