The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2025/12/18/27828
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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 ...17.12.2025439 -
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 ...15.12.2025496 -
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 ...14.12.2025386 -
ISW: Ukraine has shown it can counterattackThe Ukrainian counterattack in Kupyansk shows that the army is capable of defending itself and counterattacking against significant Russian attacks. ...13.12.2025535 -
Dmitry Medvedev: The window of opportunity for dialogue with the US is now openThe Kremlin reacted positively to the recently published US National Security Strategy (NSS). Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that the & ...08.12.2025426
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ISW: Trump's peace plan for Ukraine still not finalAmerican and Ukrainian officials have indicated that the 28-point peace plan initially announced by the United States is not final and is currently be ...24.11.2025344 -
Russia wants to divide Ukraine and the US with the help of the peace planThe Kremlin is probably trying to divide Ukraine and the United States of America so that Russia can continue the war without the support and assistan ...22.11.2025279 -
ISW: Putin didn't like Trump's peace plan for Ukraine eitherRussian government sources also indicated that the Kremlin does not support the 28-point peace plan proposed by the US president. The Russian oppos ...22.11.2025401 -
ISW: US plan is a capitulation to UkraineThe clauses in the 28-point peace plan between Russia and the US are a complete capitulation of Ukraine to Russia's initial military demands. West ...21.11.2025342 -
Moscow has one single decisive goal! Russian Army Is Fighting Heavy Battles to Encircle PokrovskRussian forces are struggling to focus on a single decisive objective in the Pokrovsk direction and are instead continuing their simultaneous attempts ...19.11.2025446 -
Russian army attempts to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd areaRussian forces may be attempting to block Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk itself, while simultaneously encircling Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk-Mirnog ...18.11.2025587 -
ISW: Putin begins forced and partial mobilization of reservistsThe Kremlin has begun a forced and partial mobilization of reservists as part of its broader initiative to build an active reserve, possibly for use i ...11.11.20251 464 -
The US shutdown halted $5 billion in arms deals. for NATO and UkraineThe ongoing US shutdown is affecting US arms exports to NATO allies and Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warned. Axios reported on ...10.11.2025606 -
Russian military steps up drone attacks on Ukraine and EURussian forces continue to advance towards Pokrovsk and are reportedly expanding their logistics to its southern part. Geolocated footage released on ...08.11.2025454 -
Kremlin hawks want Russia to begin large-scale nuclear testsRussian President Vladimir Putin continues to try to blame US President Donald Trump for the nuclear weapons modernization and expansion program that ...06.11.2025248 -
Decisive battle for Donetsk region! The progress of the Russian army in Ukraine in October is stableThe progress of Russian forces in Ukraine remains stable in October, and the eastern Donetsk region remains the most threatened, according to an analy ...03.11.2025462 -
Vladimir Putin proposes micro-ceasefire in Pokrovsk! Wants to show that he is ready for negotiations with KievRussian President Vladimir Putin said that Russian troops have surrounded Ukrainian forces in Kupyansk and Pokrovsk, and proposed a "(micro)cease ...30.10.2025415 -
ISW: Kremlin calls on Russians to sacrifice themselves at the altar of RussiaThe Kremlin is resurrecting Soviet-era narratives about eternal sacrifice in the name of Russia in the face of aggression from outside. In this way ...29.10.2025607 -
ISW: Russia is trying to convince American society to accept Ukraine's surrenderThe Kremlin is trying to use the visit of Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund in the United States, to spread Kremlin narrative ...26.10.2025380 -
ISW: Moscow intensifies its hybrid war against the USThe Kremlin is continuing its multi-pronged hybrid war, aimed at influencing US politicians in favor of Russia in response to the latest US sanctions. ...25.10.2025423 -
US forces Russia to negotiate with new sanctionsRussian forces carried out a combined drone and missile strike on Ukraine on October 21-22, hitting a kindergarten. The Ukrainian Air Force reported t ...23.10.2025473 -
Putin will accept only one thing - the complete surrender of UkraineThere are currently no indications that Russia is ready to accept anything less than the surrender of Ukraine. Russia is ready to spend a significant ...21.10.2025380 -
North Korean fighters are testing weapons and using the Kursk region as a training ground for modern warfareRussian troops do not have enough drones in the Kursk region and are losing personnel on the front in the Liman region. And in the Kursk region, DPRK ...20.10.2025352 -
ISW: Russian Army Resumes Mechanized AttacksOver the past two weeks, Russian troops have conducted three mechanized attacks with company or battalion forces in priority areas of the Donetsk regi ...15.10.20251 136 -
ISW: Russia has started Phase Zero of preparations for a possible war with NATORussia has started a new phase of preparations for a potential conflict with NATO, known as "Phase Zero". The discovery of the so-called &qu ...13.10.2025542
