The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2025/02/19/26113

The Kremlin reiterated its demands for peace - territories in Eastern and Southern Ukraine to Russia and the disbandment of the Ukrainian army in the ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a telephone conversation on February 16 with the main goal of establ ...

Ukraine's European partners announced new military aid to Ukraine during the Defense Contact Group meeting (Ramstein format) on February 12. Brita ...

US President Donald Trump held bilateral phone calls with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky on February 12. ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Ukraine's commitment to peace negotiations with Russia and the special importance of US military ass ...

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the Ukrainian "Drone Line" project as part of Ukraine's ongoing efforts to integrate ...

The American publication Wall Street Journal claims in its investigation that in the first weeks of Russia's war against Ukraine, senior officials ...

Russia continues to use its partnerships with US adversaries, including North Korea, to compensate for resource shortages that are affecting the econo ...

Ukrainian forces have launched a new series of battalion-sized mechanized attacks in Kursk region and have advanced to five kilometers behind Russian ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continues to demonstrate his readiness to negotiate with Russia from a principled position that preserves Ukrai ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) proposed on February 3 new rules for diseases for conscripts and those who sign military service contracts. Thus ...

Ukrainian forces continue to innovate in drone operations to maintain their technological advantage over Russia and achieve battlefield effectiveness. ...

Russian forces have struck a dormitory where Russian civilians were staying in Sudzha, Kursk region. However, Russian authorities are actively trying ...

Russian forces carried out a large-scale series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 31 to February 1. The Ukrainian A ...

The UK, Finland and the Czech Republic announced several immediate and long-term military aid packages for Ukraine on January 31. Ukrainian Defense Mi ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Western military aid remains vital to Ukraine's ability to maintain its defense against Russian aggress ...

North Korea will send a new military contingent to Russia by mid-March 2025, likely to maintain the current pace and intensity of attacks against Ukra ...

Russian ultranationalist military bloggers have renewed their complaints against the Russian Ministry of Defense for not holding the Russian military ...

Russian forces carried out a large series of missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the night of January 14-15. The U ...

The Kremlin remains committed to achieving the original goals of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in any future peace talks - namely the destruction ...

Russian state energy corporation "Gazprom" has admitted it is considering cutting head office staff by 40%. This is stated in the analysi ...

The Kremlin has once again stated that it is ready to hold talks with US President-elect Donald Trump without any "preconditions", but noted ...

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 ...