The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2026/03/09/26003

Russia continues to offer no support for Iran, only standard condemnations of the Western aggression that led to the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader ...

Russian representatives condemned the US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, in line with Russian rhetoric surrounding the Israeli-Irania ...

Russian forces have likely begun artillery and drone preparations on the battlefield for the expected spring-summer offensive in 2026 in the Donetsk r ...

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has observed no evidence of Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk since late January 2026, indicating that Russian for ...

The fifth year of the war in Ukraine is not off to a good start for Moscow. Recent Ukrainian successes on the battlefield belie Russian threats that t ...

The attack in Lviv, which resulted in the death of a 23-year-old policewoman and the injury of more than 20 law enforcement officers, showed that Russ ...

Kremlin officials and media outlets affiliated with the Putin regime confirmed Russia's unwillingness to compromise after the trilateral talks beg ...

It is unlikely that Russian representatives will deviate from their initial military demands during the upcoming trilateral talks between the United S ...

The Kremlin continues to maintain its claim that the current Ukrainian leadership is illegitimate. In an interview with TASS on February 15, Russian D ...

Kremlin representatives have been constantly reminding Russia of its commitment to its initial military goals in Ukraine to various media sources that ...

Russia's ability to acquire foreign machine tools despite Western sanctions allows the country to increase its production of tank and artillery ba ...

Russia continues to conduct a campaign of “cognitive warfare“, the essence of which is to carry out small attacks across the border in ina ...

The Russian military continues its attempts to install air-to-air weapons on its "Shahed" drones so that these strike drones can evade Ukrai ...

Kazakhstan facilitated the deportation of a Ukrainian citizen to Russia. The Russian investigative project "First Department", which special ...

Russian troops are trying to reproduce for the offensive against Konstantinovka the scheme that they had previously successfully applied in Pokrovsk. ...

Russia is building military infrastructure near the Finnish border, possibly as part of a broader military expansion effort aimed at preparing Russian ...

Russian forces are using low-cost fixed-wing "Molniya" (Lightning) drones equipped with Starlink satellite terminals to impose a battlefield ...

China continues to provide crucial support to the production of weapons in Russia, including Oreshnik missiles and Shahed long-range drones. This w ...

Moscow is trying to reach an agreement with the United States on its demands on Ukraine in exchange for normalizing US-Russian relations, analysts fro ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made a statement in which he hinted that the Kremlin is using its participation in the ongoing negotiations with the U ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to use US President Donald Trump's Peace Council to lift the freeze on Russian assets in order to stimu ...

The Kremlin has drawn up a list of five candidates to represent the ruling "United Russia" party in the State Duma elections in September 20 ...

European countries appear to be taking tough measures against oil tankers linked to the shadow fleets of Russia and its allies. The Ukrainian army ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to show that he will not be satisfied with a peaceful settlement of the conflict, which concerns only Ukrai ...

The Russian offensive slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to less favorable winter weather conditions and the end of effor ...